Rice-Eccles Stadium

Rice-Eccles Stadium
The Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City
Earlier names
Ute Stadium (1927–1971) Rice Stadium (1972–1997) Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium (2002)
Data
place	451 South 1400 East Salt Lake City , Utah 84112
Coordinates	40 ° 45 '36 "  N , 111 ° 50' 56"  W Coordinates: 40 ° 45 '36 "  N , 111 ° 50' 56"  W.
owner	University of Utah
operator	University of Utah
start of building	February 1, 1927 November 1997
opening	October 1, 1927 September 12, 1998
First game	October 1, 1927 Utah Utes - Colorado Mines 40: 6
Renovations	1998
Extensions	1972
surface	Natural grass (1927-1971, 2000-2001) artificial turf (1972-1994 AstroTurf, 1995-1999 Sports Grass, 2002-2015 FieldTurf, FieldTurf since 2015 Cool Play)
costs	133,000 US dollars (1927) US dollars (1998) 50 million
architect	FFKR Architects
capacity	45,807 places (since 2014) 45,017 places (2003–2013) 45,634 places (1998–2002) 32,500 places (1972–1997) 30,000 places (1947–1971) 20,000 places (1927–1946)
Societies)
Utah Utes ( NCAA - Football since 1927)
Events
College football games of the Utah Utes Opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics Opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Paralympics Games of Real Salt Lake ( MLS , 2005-2008) Opening ceremony of the Winter Deaflympics 2007 Nitro World Games (2016) Concerts

The Rice-Eccles Stadium is a college football - stadium in the American US city Salt Lake City , capital of the state of Utah . It is located on the campus of the University of Utah and serves mainly as a venue for the NCAA - college football teams of the Utah Utes ( Pacific-12 Conference ).

history

The stadium was originally in 1927 for 133,000 dollars built as Ute Stadium. The first college football game took place on the opening day, October 1, 1927, between the Utes and the Colorado Mines (40-6). In 1972 the facility was expanded. 1995 Salt Lake City won the bid for the 2002 Winter Olympics and the 2002 Winter Paralympics . The old stadium made of wood , concrete and earth, almost fifty years old, was unsuitable for the major events. Construction of the new US $ 50 million stadium began in November 1997 and the opening of the facility was celebrated on September 12, 1998. The opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Games and the Winter Paralympics were held in 2002. During this time it was named "Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium".

From 2005 to 2008, this was football - franchise Real Salt Lake from the Major League Soccer (MLS) located before in the Rio Tinto Stadium to Sandy moved. In 2007 the opening ceremony of the Winter Deaflympics took place in the Rice-Eccles Stadium. The first Nitro World Games were held on July 16, 2016 at the Rice-Eccles Stadium.

Occasionally there are also concerts in the stadium.

gallery

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  Game of the Utah Utes against the San Diego State Aztecs

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  The Olympic torch on the south side of the stadium

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  Satellite image of the stadium

panorama

and display information about the image

The Rice-Eccles Stadium in September 2009

Web links

Commons : Rice – Eccles Stadium  - collection of images

• stadium.utah.edu: Further information about the stadium (English)
• alumni.utah.edu: history of the venues of the Utah Utes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Utah Yearly Results ( Memento from February 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ business.transworld.net: First Nitro World Games Competitors Announced Article from June 14, 2016 (English)
3. ↑ nitroworldgames.com: Nitro World Games (English)
4. ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Rice-Eccles Stadium (English)