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Indiana University Hoosiers – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Memorial Stadium

There have been many renovations since the original construction, including installing artificial turf in 1970, the replacement of wooden seats with aluminum, installation of sound and lighting systems, and laying of a new AstroTurf surface in 1986, which was subsequently replaced with natural grass in 1998. Prior to the 2003 season, that natural grass was [...]

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Illinois Fighting Illini – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Memorial Stadium

Memorial Stadium, designed by the Chicago architecture firm of Holabird and Roche, now known as Holabird and Root, the same architecture firm that designed the ΓÇ£Original Soldier FieldΓÇ¥ in Chicago, as well as numerous other University of Illinois campus buildings, was built in 1923 as a memorial to Illinois men and women who gave their [...]

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West Virginia Mountaineers – Aerial Vew of Milan Puskar Stadium

Mountaineer Field and the adjoining Milan Puskar Center are the beautiful homes for West Virginia football, and game days in Morgantown are filled with electricity and excitement in one of college football’s best facilities. When 60,000 fans pack Mountaineer Field, the double-deck structure rocks, from the time the nationally famous marching band starts its pregame [...]

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Syracuse Orange – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of the Carrier Dome

Throughout the first 25 years of the Carrier Dome, there have been many heart filled and breathtaking moments under the bubble.  The building located in the heart of Syracuse’s campus has hosted millions of fans, thousands of student-athletes and hundreds of coaches and administrators. The memories created in the Dome will last a lifetime.  For [...]

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South Florida Bulls – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Raymond James Stadium

Whether itΓÇÖs on the natural grass field that is envied by every NFL player outside of Tampa Bay, in the plush fan seating areas, or the spacious club facilities and comfortable press box, the impression of Raymond James Stadium – Home of the USF Bulls – is impressive and immediate. The entire facility takes state-of-the-art [...]

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Rutgers Scarlet Knights – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Rutgers Stadium

Rutgers Stadium has always been a place where students, alumni and friends could get together on a crisp Saturday afternoon in the fall, and cheer on their Knights.  The excitement at Rutgers Stadium on game days is at an all-time high in the Tri-State area. The Scarlet Knights have played in front of a school-record [...]

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University of Pittsburgh Panthers – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Heinz Field

In Heinz Field, the Pittsburgh Panthers have one of the finest football stadiums in the country to call home. Situated just north of Pittsburgh’s Point State Park, the horseshoe shaped stadium seats 65,000 people and provides a stunning view of the city’s breathtaking skyline and three rivers. Among its amenities are 122 luxury suites. Heinz [...]

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Louisville Cardinals – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Papa John’s Stadium

The U of L Football Program and its fans have the privilege of spending more than a handful of autumn Saturday’s competing and cheering in $63 million Papa John’s Cardinal Stadium. The opening of the state-of-the-art facility in September of 1998 concluded a decade’s worth of private fund-raising and commitment to the dream of giving [...]

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UConn Huskies – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Rentschler Field

Rentschler Field, located in East Hartford, opened on Aug. 30, 2003, as the Huskies defeated Big Ten Conference member Indiana, 34-10. UConn has now played 19 games in the facility over the past three seasons and has posted an impressive 15-4 record at Rentschler Field. The six home wins there in 2004 set a UConn [...]

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Cincinnati Bearcats – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Nippert Stadium

Nippert Stadium has been home to Bearcats football since 1902, making it the fourth-oldest playing site and fifth-oldest stadium in college football. The stadium’s founder was Arch Carson, who as captain and principal organizer, played a significant role in starting football on the UC campus in 1885. In 1901 as physical director of the university, [...]

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Texas Tech Red Raiders – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Jones AT&T Stadium

Texas Tech is wrapping up the approximate $84 million renovations of the football stadium. Jones AT&T Stadium will make the home for Red Raider Football one of the finest in the nation. The facility contains a state-of-the-art press box, luxury suites and club seating. Concourses on both sides of the stadium plus new concession areas [...]

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Texas A&M Aggies – Aerial View of Kyle Field

Known as one of the nation’s most intimidating road venues, Texas A&M’s Kyle Field has been the home of the Aggie football team since the mid-1920s. The Aggies have always been tough to beat at Kyle Field with an all-time record of 251-122-12 (66.8 winning percentage) on their home field. In the 1990s, Texas A&M [...]

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Texas Longhorns – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Texas Memorial Stadium

As Texas football moves into the 21st century, Darrell K Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium continues to evolve as a state-of-the-art facility at the forefront of college football. Expansion plans are already in place for the north end zone, which will feature and upper deck, club seating, an academic center and a war memorial plaza for the [...]

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USC Trojans – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum

USC has played football in the Coliseum ever since the grand stadium was built in 1923. In fact, the Trojans played in the first varsity football game ever held there (beating Pomona College, 23-7, on Oct. 6, 1923). That game was preceded that day by the USC freshman team’s 30-0 win over Santa Ana High. [...]

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Oklahoma State Cowboys – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Boone Pickens Stadium

Boone Pickens Stadium, Oklahoma StateΓÇÖs football home, is now far removed from the original Athletic Field that opened in 1913. The CowboysΓÇÖ first football field gained its first permanent seating in 1920 and was repositioned from north-south to east-west to ΓÇ£avoid the prevailing strong winds.ΓÇ¥ The stadium was originally named after Laymon Lowery Lewis, the [...]

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University of Oklahoma Sooners – Aerial and Bird’s Eye View of Memorial Stadium

Gaylord Family – Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is one of America’s most recognized college football cathedrals. Situated on the east side of the Norman campus, this historical facility is the largest sports arena in the state and ranks among the 15 largest on-campus facilities in the nation.┬á Memorial Stadium’s rich heritage has not hindered its evolution, [...]

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University of Nebraska Huskers – Memorial Stadium Aerial and Bird’s Eye View

The home of the Huskers since 1923 and the location of a continuing NCAA-record sellout streak that reached 289 games by the end of the 2007 season. Memorial Stadium has undergone some dramatic changes since 2005. More than 6,500 seats have been added in the North Stadium as part of the Memorial Stadium Expansion Project, [...]

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