Kyle Field
| Kyle Field | |
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| Home of the 12th Man | |
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| Kyle Field in 2006 | |
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| place | 756 Houston Street College Station , Texas 77843
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| Coordinates | 30 ° 36 '36 " N , 96 ° 20' 25" W |
| owner | Texas A&M University |
| start of building | May 1927 |
| opening | September 24, 1927 |
| Renovations | 1929, 1953, 1966, 1978, 1980, 1999, 2003, 2013-2015 |
| Extensions | 1953, 1967, 1980, 2000, 2013-2015 |
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Natural grass (1927-1968, 1996) Artificial Grass (1969-1995) |
| costs | $ 345,000 (1927) $ 483,888,885 (2013-2015) |
| architect | FE Geisecke (1927–1929) Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam (1966, 1978) Populous (2013–2015) |
| capacity | 102,733 places (since 2015) 106,511 places (2014) 82,589 places (2012–2013) 83,002 places (2008–2011) 82,600 places (2001–2007) 80,650 places (1999–2000) 58,292 places (1998) 70,210 places (1992–1997 ) 72,387 places (1982–1991) 70,016 places (1980–1981) 54,000 places (1977–1979) 48,000 places (1967–1976) 41,500 places (1953–1966) 40,000 places (1949–1952) 32,890 places (1927–1948) |
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The Kyle Field is a college football - stadium on the campus of Texas A & M University in the US American City College Station in the state of Texas . It serves as the venue for the home games of the Texas A&M Aggies college football team . The sports facility was rebuilt from 2013 to 2015. The stadium had a capacity of 106,511 visitors in 2014. There have been 102,733 since the expansion was completed. The attendance record of 110,633 spectators was set on October 10, 2014 against the Ole Miss Rebels .
history
In the fall of 1904, Edwin Jackson Kyle , a horticultural professor who graduated from Texas A&M University in 1899, was elected president of the sports association. Since the university did not want to provide funding for a sports field, he unceremoniously fenced in an area that the university had made available to him for agricultural purposes. With $ 650 of his own money, he bought a covered grandstand and built more uncovered grandstand seats out of wood to accommodate 500 spectators.
On November 10, 1904, the university management subsequently established the field as the official home of the football and baseball teams and named the field after its founder.
In 1927 a new stadium was built for $ 345,000. The first extensions were made in 1929, giving the stadium a horseshoe shape and increasing capacity to 33,000. The capacity was increased again in 1969, to 49,000 viewers at a cost of 1.84 million US dollars. In 1979 a third deck was added to the stadium, increasing the capacity to 72,000. Since the expansion in 1999, the official capacity has been 82,600. Additional temporary seats will be installed for very popular games.
In May 2013, a 450 million US dollar renovation and expansion of the stadium began. The expansion comprised several phases, each of which was outside of the football season and ran from 2013 to 2015. The conversion ultimately cost $ 483,888,885.
The Texas A&M Aggies have had Reveille (The “First Lady” of Texas A&M University) as their official mascot since 1931 . Reveille IX is now the Aggies' lucky charm . The university set up a grave at the stadium for its predecessors. All were buried with a view of the stadium. After a renovation of the stadium, the view was blocked. Thereupon the tomb got its own small display board so that the mascots can follow the scores of the Aggies .
Web links
- Stadium on the Texas A&M Aggies website. In: kylefield.com (English)
- Kyle Field. In: stadiumdb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ More potties, better messaging set for the new Kyle Field. In: blog.chron.com , February 18, 2014
- ↑ A&M crowd sets SEC attendance record at 110,633. In: saturdaydownsouth.com , October 11, 2014 (English)
- ↑ Texas A&M System Releases Cost Figures on Renovation of Historic Kyle Field. In: news.tamus.edu , January 13, 2016 (English)
- ^ Reveille on the Texas A&M University website. In: reveille.tamu.edu (English)
- ^ Reveille Mascot Cemetery. In: atlasobscura.com (English)
- ↑ Pictures of the tomb with display board. In: tripadvisor.de