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In 1922 Ade and Ross bought 65 acres (26 ha) of land for the site of the new stadium. They also provided additional financial support for construction of the facility. Ross–Ade Stadium opened on November 22, 1924, with a seating capacity of 13,500—roughly corresponding to the lower portion of the current facility's west grandstand---and ...
Stadium City State Team Conference Capacity Record [a] ... Ross–Ade Stadium: West Lafayette: IN: Purdue: Big Ten: 61,441: ... or a school's entry into provisional ...
Lambert Fieldhouse is an athletic facility on the campus of Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana.It was built in 1937 on land bought by David Ross and George Ade (the namesakes of nearby Ross–Ade Stadium) as a replacement for Memorial Gymnasium to be the home of the Purdue basketball team, and also contained an indoor track.
Ross–Ade Stadium during a game in 2006. The Boilermakers have called Ross–Ade Stadium home since 1924. It is named for David E. Ross and George Ade, the principal benefactors. Ross–Ade Stadium opened on November 22, 1924, with a seating capacity of 13,500 and standing room for an additional 5,000 people. [99]
Over the past five years, students have paid nearly $90 million in mandatory athletic fees to support football and other intercollegiate athletics — one of the highest contributions in the country. A river of cash is flowing into college sports, financing a spending spree among elite universities that has sent coaches’ salaries soaring and ...
Stadium Capacity City (state) Country Region Tenants Sport(s) Image Memorial Stadium: 90,000 [21] Lincoln, Nebraska United States: North America: Nebraska Cornhuskers football: American football: Rose Bowl: 89,702 [22] Pasadena, California United States: North America: UCLA Bruins football, Rose Bowl Game: American football: Ben Hill Griffin ...
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Purdue University Airport was the very first university-owned airport in the United States. In 1930, inventor-industrialist David E. Ross (one of two people for whom Purdue's Ross–Ade Stadium is named) donated a tract of land to be used as an aeronautical education and research facility at Purdue University.