Scott Stadium
| Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium | |
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| place | 1815 Stadium Road Charlottesville , Virginia 22903
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| Coordinates | 38 ° 1 '52 " N , 78 ° 30' 49.3" W |
| owner | University of Virginia |
| operator | University of Virginia |
| opening | October 15, 1931 |
| Renovations | 1974, 1981, 1997-2000, 2009 |
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Natural grass (1931-1973, since 1995) Artificial Grass (1974-1994, AstroTurf) |
| costs | 300,000 US dollars (1931) US dollars (2000) 25 million |
| architect | Edmund S. Campbell (1931) Heery International, Inc. (2000) |
| capacity | 61,500 places (since 2000) 44,000 places (1999) 42,000 places (1982–1998) 42,073 places (1980–1981) 37,273 places (1978–1979) 28,000 places (1973–1977) 23,848 places (1964–1972) 26,500 places (1964 –1965) 24,500 places (1948–1963) 22,000 places (1931–1947) |
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The Scott Stadium (official name: Carl Smith Center, Home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium ) is an American football - stadium on the campus of the University of Virginia in the US city of Charlottesville , Virginia . The NCAA - college football team of the Virginia Cavaliers wears their home games of the Atlantic Coast Conference from. The arena is also used for lacrosse games.
history
The stadium opened in 1931 with a capacity of 25,000 at the time and replaced Lambeth Field . The construction costs amounted to 300,000 US dollars . The sports facility is named after Frederic W. Scott, the then rector of the university. He donated the money to build the stadium. The stadium has a view of the Blue Ridge Mountains and Monticello ; the mansion of 3rd US President Thomas Jefferson .
The first major renovation took place in 1974; this included the renovation of the concrete stands and the masonry; new aluminum seats were installed and artificial turf replaced the natural green . In 1981 the grandstands on the upper tier were opened, which brought 12,000 additional spectator seats. In addition, a new press stand was set up, a President's Box was built and new artificial turf was laid, which remained in the stadium until 1988. In 1983 the stadium got its first permanently installed floodlight system . Natural grass has been laid in the facility since 1995.
On June 14, 1997, Carl W. Smith, a 1951 graduate of the University of Virginia, donated $ 25 million to the university. A large part ($ 23 million) was used to expand the stadium to 60,000 seats. In 1998 it got a new video wall with a display board . The construction project for the extension was planned for three years.
The converted stadium was inaugurated for the season opening on September 2, 2000 against the Brigham Young Cougars . It was next to the additional seats u. a. the President's Box modernized, 44 luxury boxes and a three-storey car park with 600 parking spaces built. In the summer of 2009, a new $ 2.4 million video wall was built in the stadium; which is significantly larger than its predecessor.
Today the facility has a seating capacity of 61,500.
Concerts
At concerts were such. The Dave Matthews Band (April 21, 2001), The Rolling Stones (October 6, 2005) and U2 (October 1, 2009) will be guests at the sports facility.
gallery
Game at Scott Stadium for the Cavaliers against the Wake Forest Demon Deacons in 2007
See also
Web links
- virginiasports.com: stadium on the site of the Cavaliers (English)
- football.ballparks.com: Stadium data (English)
- thesabre.com: Images of the stadium from different years (English)
- setlist.fm: Scott Stadium concert list (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ thesabre.com: History of the stadium (English)
- ↑ virginia.edu: Carl W. Smith passed away ( Memento of the original from July 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from December 9, 2005
- ↑ newsplex.com: The new video wall is ready for the 2009/10 season ( Memento from January 4, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Article from July 23, 2009 (English)
- ↑ worldstadiums.com: List of stadiums in Virginia, USA (English)
- ↑ lawweekly.org: The Rolling Stones at Scott Stadium Article from October 14, 2005 (English)
- ↑ virginiasports.com: Report on the concerts in Scott Stadium ( Memento of the original from December 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Article from September 25, 2009
