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In 1947, the stadium's capacity was again increased, this time to a capacity of 25,597, with the construction of permanent steel bleachers on the west side of the field. [1] [6] In 1971, the surface of the field was converted to "Polyturf", an artificial turf. The field has had its turf replaced by a newer type of turf in 1979, 1988, 1999, and ...
Cornell's cheerleaders at the Cornell-Penn game at Franklin Field on November 19, 2019. Cornell has several rivalries in football, most significantly the Penn Quakers. The rivalry between the two schools is the sixth most played rivalry in college football history. They play for the Trustees' Cup. The series is led by Penn with a record of 77 ...
The following is a list of stadiums in the United States. 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.
Schoellkopf Field, a 25,000-seat stadium in Ithaca, New York, on the campus of Cornell University, bears Schoellkopf's name; his grandson Henry had played and coached at Cornell. In 1930, Jacob F. Schoellkopf Jr. endowed [ 4 ] the "Jacob F. Schoellkopf Medal", the oldest award given by any local section, that recognizes a person who has ...
Stadium Team(s) City Joined stadium Left stadium Notes (if needed) Reference(s) Images Akron's League Park: Akron Pros: Akron, Ohio: 1920 1922 Site of the first NFL Champions. Named Elk's Field for 1922. Later named League Park after Akron Pros left. [1] League Field: Canton Bulldogs: Canton, Ohio: 1920 1926 [2] Navin Field/Briggs Stadium/Tiger ...
Only stadiums with a capacity of 40,000 or more are included in this list. Stadiums that are defunct or closed, or those that no longer serve as competitive sports venues (such as Great Strahov Stadium, which was the largest in the world and held around 250,000 spectators), are not included. They are listed under List of closed stadiums by ...
Henry Schoellkopf was born December 14, 1879, in Buffalo, New York, to Henry Schoellkopf Sr. (1848–1880) and Emily Vogel. [2] Henry Sr. was the oldest son of Buffalo, New York, businessman Jacob F. Schoellkopf and his wife, Christiana T. (Duerr) Schoellkopf. [3]
He was a director of the Buffalo Museum of Natural History and a trustee of Cornell University. In 1914, with other members of his family, he donated the funds to complete Schoellkopf Field and built the original stadium in memory of Henry Schoellkopf at Cornell. [1] Schoellkopf died, aged 63, at Buffalo General Hospital on September 30, 1947 ...