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The stadium is used mostly for American football, ultimate and soccer and has a seating capacity of 12,000; this was temporarily expanded to 17,000 during 1974–75, while the Seattle Sounders, of the North American Soccer League, played at Memorial Stadium before moving to the newly constructed Kingdome.
Memorial Stadium was built in 1923 at a cost of $450,000 and a capacity of 31,080 to replace Nebraska Field, where the Cornhuskers played home games from 1909 to 1922. The first game at the new stadium was a 24–0 victory over Oklahoma on October 13, 1923. [ 7 ]
1996 – Replacement of the stadium's artificial turf with natural grass (Prescription Athletic Turf) at a cost of $1.25 million; installation of a Jumbotron video system; scoreboards retrofitted at a cost of $2.8 million. Stadium renamed Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium to honor former head coach Darrell K Royal.
CLEMSON — Minutes before Clemson coach Dabo Swinney and his players run down The Hill at Memorial Stadium, the school does something unusual in college football.. Schools around the country ...
They play home games at Memorial Stadium located in Champaign, Illinois. Schedule. Date Opponent Site Result; August 30: Western Illinois * Memorial Stadium ...
Memorial Stadium is a stadium on the campus of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States.The stadium, used primarily for football, is a memorial to the university's students who died in World War I; their names are engraved on the nearly 200 pillars surrounding the stadium's façade. [5]
Real Madrid and Inter Milan played at Memorial Stadium on July 26, 2014, one of their matches in the 2014 International Champions Cup. The match, played before a sold-out crowd of 62,583, ended in a 1–1 tie after regulation and Inter Milan won the shootout 3–2. [ 19 ]
The stadium was designed by Carl Lee of Charlotte, North Carolina (Clemson '08) and Professor H. E. Glenn of the engineering faculty. [1] On September 19, 1942, Memorial Stadium was opened with a 32–13 victory over Presbyterian College. [7] Much of the early construction of the stadium was done by scholarship athletes.