Nippert Stadium

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Nippert Stadium
View from the south corner of the stadium in September 2015
View from the south corner of the stadium in September 2015
Data
place 2700 Bearcats Way Cincinnati , Ohio 45219
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 39 ° 7 '52.5 "  N , 84 ° 30' 58.3"  W Coordinates: 39 ° 7 '52.5 "  N , 84 ° 30' 58.3"  W.
owner University of Cincinnati
operator University of Cincinnati
start of building 1915
opening 1915 (inauguration on November 8, 1924)
First game November 9, 1901
Cincinnati Bearcats - Ohio Bobcats
Renovations 1936, 1954, 1970, 1990–1992, 2000, 2005, 2013–2015, 2017
surface Artificial turf
(Act Global UBU Sports Speed ​​M6-M)
costs $ 10.5 million $
86 million (2013-2015)
architect Frederick W. Garber
capacity 40,000 seats ( college football )
35,061 seats ( soccer )
Societies)

The Nippert Stadium is a college football - stadium in the US city of Cincinnati in the state of Ohio . It is located on the campus of the University of Cincinnati . It is mainly from the NCAA -College football team the Cincinnati Bearcats ( AAC used), it is with the football - Franchise of FC Cincinnati from the Major League Soccer (MLS) here until the completion of its own football stadium its home games. Since the last renovation and expansion in 2014, the facility has a capacity of around 40,000 spectators.

history

Used as a sports facility since 1901, the first concrete stands were built along the side lines in 1915. In 1915 the grandstands were completed in a horseshoe shape. Today the Nippert Stadium is the fourth oldest stadium and the fifth oldest college football stadium.

Naming

During the last game of the 1923 season against Miami University, the player James Gamble "Jimmy" Nippert suffered an open wound. A month later he died of blood poisoning , presumably the result of chickens dropping out of a previous chicken race. His grandfather James N. Gamble from Procter & Gamble then donated the funds to complete the stadium, which included a changing room and medical facilities to ensure the safety of the players. On November 8, 1924, the James Gamble Nippert Memorial Stadium was inaugurated .

gallery

  • The Nippert Stadium with football field (June 2006)

  • The East Stand (2008)

  • Quarter-final play-off of the Eastern Conference in the United Soccer League 2016 between FC Cincinnati and Charleston Battery on October 2, 2016

  • The north stand with scoreboard (October 2016)

and display information about the image
FC Cincinnati MLS game against Chicago Fire on June 28, 2017

Web links

Commons : Nippert Stadium  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nippert Stadium. In: gobearcats.com. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  2. ^ FC Cincinnati Stadium. In: stadiumdb.com. Retrieved February 7, 2019 .
  3. ^ Nippert Stadium facts. ( PDF ) In: University of Cincinnati Football. Retrieved February 6, 2019 .
  4. ^ Nippert Stadium facts. (No longer available online.) In: gobearcats.com. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015 ; accessed on February 6, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Barbara Blum: The complete story behind the name of the University of Cincinnati's historic football stadium. In: magazine.uc.edu. University of Cincinnati , accessed February 7, 2019 .