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The following season, the east and west sides were double-decked, boosting the capacity to 76,000. That same season, the stadium received its current name, Spartan Stadium. [8] [1] The school installed permanent lights in 2017. In 1969, TartanTurf replaced the natural grass field and a modern scoreboard was added in 1973.
Most notably the stadium was used as one of the venues for the 1999 Women's World Cup. Additionally in 1999, the stadium was the host site of the 1999 NCAA Women's College Cup. The stadium previously hosted commencement ceremonies of San José State University every spring, as well as musical concerts throughout the year.
They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football , either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).
In 2010 Spartan Stadium had the 19th highest attendance in NCAA Division I FBS. [33] Crowd noise in the stadium gets so loud that Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus (1960) uses a recording of the crowd noise during the 1959 Michigan State-Notre Dame game. [34] For the 2007 season, the student section held approximately 13,000 fans. [35]
This list includes the following: Stadiums either under construction or confirmed to be built in the future.; Existing stadiums of teams either (1) transitioning to FBS and not yet football members of FBS conferences, or (2) returning to FBS football.
2016 – The basketball floor was repainted again, keeping the large Spartan logo in the center of the court and adding a two-tone design with darker colored wood for the area inside the three-point line and a single random stripe outside the visitors' 3 point line on the right. [9]
Here is a list of all Big Ten football stadiums ranked by total seating capacity and year of completion.
Michigan State played their home games at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan and were led by seventh year head coach Mark Dantonio. The Spartans finished the year 12–1, 8–0 and undefeated in Big Ten play. Notre Dame vacated their win.