"The Sea of Red"
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Memorial Stadium in 2007
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Address | 600 Stadium Drive |
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Location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Owner | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Operator | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Capacity | 85,458 (since 2017)[1] |
Record attendance | 91,585 (Sept. 20, 2014) |
Surface | FieldTurf |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 26, 1923[2] |
Opened | October 20, 1923; 99 years ago (1923-10-20) |
Renovated | 2006 |
Expanded | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1998, 2006, 2013 |
Construction cost | $430,000 (original structure) ($7.39 million in 2022[3]) |
Architect | John Latenser Sr. and Sons[4] Davis & Wilson |
Project manager | Earl Hawkins |
Structural engineer | Meyer & Jolly[5] |
General contractor | Parsons Construction Co.[6] |
Tenants | |
Nebraska Cornhuskers football (1923–present) NSAA State Football Championship (1996–present) |
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Website | |
huskers.com/memorial-stadium |
"The Sea of Red"
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Memorial Stadium in 2007
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|
|
|
Address | 600 Stadium Drive |
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Location | Lincoln, Nebraska |
Owner | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Operator | University of Nebraska–Lincoln |
Capacity | 85,458 (since 2017)[1] |
Record attendance | 91,585 (Sept. 20, 2014) |
Surface | FieldTurf |
Construction | |
Broke ground | April 26, 1923[2] |
Opened | October 20, 1923; 99 years ago (1923-10-20) |
Renovated | 2006 |
Expanded | 1964, 1965, 1966, 1972, 1998, 2006, 2013 |
Construction cost | $430,000 (original structure) ($7.39 million in 2022[3]) |
Architect | John Latenser Sr. and Sons[4] Davis & Wilson |
Project manager | Earl Hawkins |
Structural engineer | Meyer & Jolly[5] |
General contractor | Parsons Construction Co.[6] |
Tenants | |
Nebraska Cornhuskers football (1923–present) NSAA State Football Championship (1996–present) |
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Website | |
huskers.com/memorial-stadium |