Spartan Stadium (East Lansing)
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| View from the South (2006) | |
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College Field (1923-1935) |
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| place | 325 West Shaw Lane East Lansing , Michigan 48824
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| Coordinates | 42 ° 43 '41.4 " N , 84 ° 29' 5.6" W |
| owner | Michigan State University |
| operator | Michigan State University |
| start of building | 1923 |
| opening | October 6, 1923 |
| First game | Michigan State Spartans - Lake Forest University 21-6 |
| Renovations | 2005, 2014 |
| Extensions | 1935, 1948, 1956, 1957, 2005 |
| surface |
Natural grass (1923–1968, since 2002) AstroTurf (1978–2001) TartanTurf (1969–1977) |
| costs | $ 160,000 (1923) |
| architect | Edwyn Bowd (1923) Orlie Munson (1957) HNTB Architecture (2005) |
| capacity | 75,005 places (since 2005) 72,027 places (1994–2004) 76,000 places (1957–1993) 60,000 places (1956) 51,000 places (1948–1955) 26,000 places (1935–1947) 14,000 places (1923–1934) |
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The Spartan Stadium is a college football - stadium on the campus of Michigan State University in the US city of East Lansing in the state of Michigan . The stadium currently seats 75,005 and is the home of the Michigan State Spartans college football team . It is the sixth largest stadium among the teams represented in the Big Ten Conference .
history
In the early 1920s, Michigan State University decided to build a new stadium for the college football team of the Michigan State Spartans , who were part of the university. In 1923 the new 14,000-seat stadium, at the time simply called College Field , was opened. With the increasing popularity of the home team, the stadium also grew, so in 1923 the audience capacity was increased to 26,000 and the stadium was renamed Macklin Field . The namesake of the enlarged stadium was the coach John Macklin , who had coached the Spartans from 1911 to 1915. When the team played in the Big Ten Conference in 1948, the capacity was doubled to 51,000 spectators, the stadium was now called Macklin Stadium . In 1956 another 6,000 places were added.
In the following season, 1957, the stadium got an upper deck on the east and west sides, which allowed the stadium capacity to jump to 76,000. With this expansion, the stadium got its current name, Spartan Stadium . In 1969 the stadium got artificial turf and in 1973 a new scoreboard, which in 1991 was again replaced by a modern video scoreboard. The last major expansion took place in 2005, when the stadium got a new press stand, 24 luxury suites and 862 club seats on the west stand, increasing the stadium capacity to 75,005 fans. Before the start of the 2012 season, the stadium got a new HD video scoreboard.
Cold War
On October 6, 2001, the season opening game between the Michigan State Spartans and arch-rivals Michigan was held at Spartan Stadium . The game, which became known as "Cold War", ended in a 3-3 draw and was watched by 74,554 spectators, making it the hockey game with the most viewers in the world by 2009. This record lasted for nine years before it was replaced by the opening game of the 2010 Ice Hockey World Cup in Germany in the Veltins Arena with 77,803 spectators. Today's record comes from the rematch for the Cold War game, in which the game advertised as " The Big Chill at the Big House " drew 104,173 spectators to Michigan Stadium on December 11, 2011 .
gallery
Satellite image of the Spartan Stadium
West stand
East Stand
Stadium facade
Cold War
Web links
- msuspartans.com: Spartan Stadium - Michigan State Athletics (English)
- collegegridirons.com: Spartan Stadium (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b 2011 Michigan State Football Media Guide (PDF file, 1.4 MB), page 113. Retrieved February 1, 2013.
- ↑ Steve Grinczel: Michigan State Football: They Are Spartans . Arcadia Publishing, Chicago, ISBN 0-7385-3214-2 , pp. 24 ( google.com [accessed February 1, 2013]).
- ↑ Spartan Stadium. Retrieved February 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Ice Hockey World Cup: Germany creates sensation in record game. Spiegel Online, May 7, 2010, accessed February 1, 2013 .
- ↑ Jeff Arnold: Guinness Book of Records puts official Big Chill at The Big House attendance at 104,173. Ann Arbor.com, January 8, 2011, accessed February 1, 2013 .