Facility Wars: Iowa pressbox and endzone expansion

[NT80]

It seems like everybody these days is renovating or building something new onto their stadium.

Univ. of Iowa new pressbox artist drawing

One thing I do like, for when we ever build our new stadium, is their live webcam....click on the webcam link at the top of this page for live views and the photo gallery for past actual construction photos.

Edited June 21, 2005 by NT80

[SCREAMING EAGLE-66]

---It seems the worse stadiums were constructed during th late 60's and 70's. How many of those NFL /MLB stadiums have been destroyed and replaced. Many were cheaply built, while many older stadiums are still in use but have been modernized and basicly have a good structure. It is also interesting to note the worst quality US cars where made in the 70's and into early 80's as well and then foreign cars really pushed into the market with better quality. Makes you wonder why.

---Just guessing but the 50-60 year olds at that time (who were running things pretty much) grew up during the depression and seemed to have done things on the cheap and not paid as much attention to quality and stadiums only lasted 30 years.... There are more 50, early-60 cars running than 70 models, most of them were falling apart from day one..

--I realize this isn't football but a lot of stadiums constructed then (3-Rivers, Riverfront, Patroits, Buffalo, Seattle-dome, etc.) have disappeared because they became junkpiles.

Edited June 21, 2005 by SCREAMING EAGLE-66

[Harry]

Does anyone know about which college stadium is the oldest in the country? Is Fouts in the top 10?

[MeanGreen61]

Does anyone know about which college stadium is the oldest in the country?  Is Fouts in the top 10?

Hardly, found these real easy. Not even the oldest in Texas (Texas, A&M, Rice, Houston, TTech, TCU, Baylor all older than Fouts)

Wisconsin's Randall Stadium - 1917

Tennessee Neyland - 1921

Ohio State - 1922

Illinois Memorial - 1923

Michigan State Spartan - 1923

Army's Michie Stadium - 1924.

Texas Royal-Memorial - 1924

TAMU Kyle Field - 1925

Missouri Memorial-Faurot - 1926

Michigan - 1927

Ohio U. - 1929

TCU Amon Carter - 1929

Notre Dame - 1930

Tulsa Skelly - 1930

South Carolina Williams-Brice - 1934

Virginia Scott - 1931

Toledo Glass Bowl - 1937

Arkansas Reynolds-Razorback - 1938

Western Michigan Waldo - 1939

Maryland Byrd - 1950

Akron Rubber Bowl - 1940

Houston Robertson - 1942

Texas Tech Jones - 1947

Baylor Floyd Casey - 1950

Rice - 1950

Edited June 21, 2005 by MeanGreen61

[NT80]

Most, if not all of those stadiums, have better sight lines and have had their tracks removed.

[Cowtown]

Franklin Field 1895

Franklin Field