Stadiums of College Football

  Since 1938, Donald W. Reynolds Stadium has been home to the Arkansas Razorbacks football team. In 1938, the team moved from their previous stadium, University Stadium. The original design held just over 13,000 spectators and cost almost $500,000. The stadium name didn’t last long, however, and was renamed Bailey Stadium in honor of the current governor of Arkansas, Carl Bailey. The name change only lasted three years and the Stadium returned to Razorback stadium in 1941. In 1947, the stadium expanded to 21,000 spectators by adding seats to the west side of the stadium. Soon after in 1950, more stands were added to the east side raising the capacity to 31,000. By 1965, an upper deck was added increasing seating to over 43,000. In 1985, luxury seating was added, helping the stadium reach a capacity of 50,000. In 2001, a major renovation was completed. It included a press box, suites, and another upper deck, and cost $20,000,000. Because the renovation was largely funded by wealthy Dona

            Since the early 1920s, Gaylord Family Memorial Stadium has been home to the Oklahoma Sooners football team. In 1921 construction began and by 1923 was completed with an original seating capacity of 16,000. It cost almost $300,000 and all of the seating was on the west side of the stadium. In 1929, the stadium capacity doubled when the school added 16,000 seats to the east side of the stadium which brought the capacity to 32,000. In 1949, the track was taken out and the school lowered the playing field. This change allowed for more seating to be added and this raised seating capacity to 55,000. In the 1950s, the south end zone added just over 5,000 bleacher seats. In 1975, the upper deck was completed which brought the stadium to a whopping 75,000. By the 2002 season, the east side of the stadium added an upper deck which added roughly 8,000 seats and almost thirty luxury boxes. In 2007, the school added multiple high-definition video boards. The last major renovation happ

 Since 1960, Beaver Stadium has been the home of the Pennsylvania State Nittany Lions. Until that year, the football team played at the previous Beaver Stadium which held 30,000 spectators. The game’s rising ticket demand entices the university to move to its current location which originally held just over 46,000 seats. In the 1970s the seating capacity was expanded to 57,000. Towards the end of the 1970s, the south-end bleachers were expanded bringing the capacity up to 76,000. In 1980, the stadium added even more seating, expanding to almost 84,000 capacity. In 1991, the stadium added a second level bringing the seats to 94,000. Just ten years later, the stadium added suites, luxury seats, and more bleachers which brought its capacity to where it sits now at 107,282. The last upgrade for the stadium was completed in 2014 when the school installed two large video boards. It is the second largest football stadium in America, only sitting 1,000 seats behind Michigan Stadium which is 10

            Going all the way back to 1924, Ross-Ade Stadium has been the home of the Purdue Boilermakers football team. The stadium is named Ross-Ade Stadium after David Ross and George Ade, who donated a significant amount of money to the project. The stadium originally held 13,500 spectators. In 1930, the school added five thousand seats by completing the north end zone to connect the east and west sides of the stadium. In 1949, a giant renovation increased the seating capacity to over 51,000 seats and by 1955, over 55,000. In 1969, stands were built on the north side of the stadium increasing the capacity to just under 63,000.  In 2002, a large press box was installed for seventy million dollars. In 2014, the team removed the grandstand on the south side and changed it to an outdoor patio. In 2017, lights were finally added after almost one hundred years of playing football at the stadium! In 2022, the school approved a project of just over forty-five million dollars to finish the

            Since 1968, Bill Snyder Family Stadium has been the home of the Kansas State Wildcats football team. The Cats originally played at Memorial Stadium but after roughly forty years, it was time for a new stadium. The stadium's original cost sat right around 1.6 million dollars and held 35,000 spectators. In 1970, the stadium expanded to add seven thousand seats. In 1972, a locker room with offices was constructed and by 1983, lights were added to allow for night games. In 1993, a press box and a large Jumbotron were added. In 1999, the east part of the stadium added two more seating levels. This renovation increased the capacity to 50,300 spectators. In 2013, the press box and suites were destroyed and replaced with a seventy-five million dollar state-of-the-art press box with suites. The press box was made to look like a castle with limestone towers that can be viewed from the outside. Within the next three years, the football facility behind the north end zone was comple

                  Home of the Oklahoma State University Cowboys football team, Boone Pickens Stadium has been the pride of Stillwater, Oklahoma since 1920. Originally known as Lewis Field, that stadium held 8,000 spectators. Then in 1930, a renovation increased it to 13,000, and in 1947, up to 30,000 capacity. The stadium increasingly became larger and by 1950 it stood at 39,000 after a $2,500,000 renovation. In 1980, the $1,800,000 press box was completed and was considered one of the best in the country for its time. In 2003, the stadium was renamed in honor of wealthy businessman, alum, and donor, Boone Pickens. Starting in 2004, the stadium went through yet another $74,000,000 renovation, added another press box, and finished the outside design with a brick that matched the rest of campus. The last major renovation was the completion of the west side of the stadium which increased the stadium capacity to over 55,000.  Oklahoma State has a reputation for being one of the rowdiest pl