My home town's high school football stadium had 3 tiers of parking like SD Mines. Stanberry, Missouri, on the East side of town. The city pool is at the top of the hill, so after 2-a-days the football team would run up the hill and into the pool.
I'm surprised Nippert wasn't in this video. It's quite literally at the heart of UC's campus and students can literally walk into all hours of the day. Take a nap, kick field goals on the field, or study in the seats. It's very unique. Even some of the exits for the on-campus doctor's office and clinics go right through the stadium offices and back rooms.
The Alamodome is the only stadium in the United States built to accommodate a 110-yard football field as the CFL was discussing expanding into the US when it was being built.
Amazing to think, because it fit a full 150-yard CFL field (including endzones), which is 25% larger than a 120-yard NFL field, not to mention the width difference. But I'm pretty sure that the subsequent renovations have eliminated that excess capacity in order to bring the fans permanently closer to the field.
Back in the late 90's you could walk into Bridgeport stadium (James Madison University) with no ticket, just your school ID card, I think we called it a JAM card at the time. We weren't good then. Amazing how fast we went from lowly DI-AA school to full blown D-I.
JAC. JMU Access Card. Even then, we had great crowds. Once they tear down the last of the old stadium bleachers, the stands will look uniform. Go Dukes.
I worked on Colorado States stadium when it was being built, it’s not out in the middle of nowhere like you said, it’s literally right in the center of the college campus and close walking distance to everything. Cool video though
The Superior Dome shape is more due to the amount of snow that that part of Michigan gets. It can get hundreds of inches of snow. It’s also right on Lake Superior which gets brutal brutal winds
University of Idaho alum here. The college was offered an enormous amount of money by a beer company to be able to paint the roof to look like one of their beer cans. The college turned it down, fearing it would cause more drinking by the students. The Kibbie Dome does look like a partially buried beer/soda can.
Yeah, I have season tickets and sit in the 2nd level - great sight-lines! For many years though I sat in the upper deck (first row), and the view was good there too - and not just of the game, but I could see the dome of the National Shrine several miles away in DC!
Just wane to add. Division II football CIAA conference... Livingstone College has a baby blue field. Its an HBCU in Salisbury, NC and from my experience.. no matter what content I shoot.. it always looks depressive even with natural light. The color really fw cameras
East Tennessee state university has a twin dome to Idaho state. They built a new outdoor stadium about 10 years ago. The dome seating was built at a wrong angle leaving the bottom row about 15 feet off the ground and the sidelines under it. Horrible for watching football. If you sit 10 or 15 rows up you cannot see the near sideline at all.
I love that stadium. I love looking at the old pictures when it was 30,000 seats. Was last there in 08 when ASU played Georgia. The walkway had been removed.
The Liberty Bowl in Memphis,as well: you have an otherwise excellent video. Almost 60 years old, on an entertainment complex not far from the University. Similar to Ryan Field ( the Bowl would have been the only one on this list that I've seen, if it were included) except for no upper deck. One of the largest single-deck stadiums in the US at 55-60,000 capacity it looks like a huge blue spider. Unique.
The weirdest stadium I’ve personally seen was one in a small town in Nebraska. The school plays 8 man ball. The the endzones are configured Northwest-Southeast and the field has such a massive crown that it looks like they put it on top of hill, it’s also squeezed between the track and the discus range.
While I’m sitting in 72 degree comfort in the Kibbie Dome rooting for the Vandals, eight miles away in Pullman, Washington State fans are freezing their butts off in cold, sleet, and snow. There’s No Place Like Dome!
I've been in northwestern stadium my nephew was 2nd string running back i went to all his home games, away games and his bowl games, I also seen the Maryland stadium he played against that school too he also played in 4 bowl games he won 3 of those bowl game played in the big ten championship he on the list for the longest running TD in the big ten championship he ran for 75 yard again Ohio state on his first carry. I seen the Murray state stadium I was at siuc southern Illinois University of Carbondale we played them my first year 2 years later I transferred to University of Kentucky.
My Dad played on Northwesterns Rose Bowl team in '49. He took me to many games there. He also spent his freshman year at Purdue, where he was roommates with John McKay. They both left after that year. McKay weny on to coach USC. When they came to Evanston, we went onto the field to speak with McKay. He then brought OJ Simpson over to meet us. The Cats were terrible then, but boy did I get to see some awesome visiting teams!
I'm surprised you didn't mention the weird set of seats at the open end zone of Ryan Field at Northwestern. One whole section is angled slightly more towards the end zone rather than the middle of the field.
No dislike for the Indiana State University football field? Built in a strange spot massively away from campus, seating on just one side, odd parking. But, to be fair, ISU has been upgrading the whole campus over the years. A new football stadium within walking distance is in the works.
@@jamespyle777 Honestly, once the new football stadium is built, I'd like to see ISU put in a nice baseball stadium with better amenities than Warn Field. (Maybe a step below Victory Field in Indy?) An Olympic-grade velodrome would be nice, too.
I went to northern Michigans stadium and it is a really cool place, and it home to one NFL player Joe Berger a center who used to start for the Minnesota Vikings.
Robert Saleh, New York Jets' current head coach played at Northern Michigan University in the late 1990s. As well as Matt LaFleur who coached Northern Michigan University's quarterbacks early in his career.
I'm a little surprised Center Parc Stadium, home of the Georgia State Panthers, didn't make the list. The stadium was formerly Turner Field, home of the Atlanta Braves. And before that it was Centennial Olympic Stadium. So there's a lot of sports history there, but only some of it is related to college football. I've been there and had a perfectly nice time. But it is rather obvious that the stadium was not originally designed for football.
Nice selection, but you did err big time on Colorado State's stadium....pictured is the old Hughes Stadium not the one built in 2017. So it makes me wonder what other errors in other stadiums featured.
I've been to the SD Mines stadium in Rapid City. You still need a ticket to access the drive-in section, but it's still really cool. May I recommend adding LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo, Utah? The stadium itself isn't too uncommon, but the views of the mountains on the east side and the lake on the west are REALLY cool.
i’ve been to the alamodome for UIL competitions and it’s pretty cool also you forgot about that it was also the home of the saints for a coupe weeks during katrina
@5:34 i think you were confusing their old and new stadium, that stadium picture in the middle of countryland is their old stadium, their new stadium is in the middle of campus
I’ve played a hs game on the feild in SD and I don’t like the drive in side because there are tons of drunk old guys 15 away from the away sideline yelling at you and honking their cars
This is crazy,some of these small capacity stadiums,my high school just outside of Atlanta held 23,000 people and it was sold out on Friday nights!!Football is huge in metro Atlanta,even at the high school level
Yeah the high school I went to here in Texas in DFW area seated a grand total of 36,000 with another 4,000 expandable on each end if necessary for playoffs and state championships and host D2 college football games. Yet some of these schools are D1AA or D1A. Really? In the Mid-Atlantic to Southeast and Gulf-Coast states to Southwest and Mid-South to lower Midwest to Southern states there is no excuse that D1AA or D1A or even NAIA schools have football stadiums smaller than high schools in same areas. That shouldn’t happen unless it’s a state with low population density or is a metropolis like NYC or LA and so compact have no choice but to downsize to make room for living and such.
Was scrolling to see that someone spoke the "truth," I called a Ferris-Northern game on the radio, where the Bulldogs had an uninspired performance against the Wildcats in their first visit to the Dome. Old College Field, Northern's old home stuck around several years until the Berry Events Center was opened in the fall of '99.
I went to the Murray State Stadium here in KY and it is truly the weirdest "stadium" ive seen so far. The images in the video should have shown those seats from the side. Had me in a true WTF moment. (Was there on a campus tour)
No mention of EMU’s grey field called the factory? Nothing will freak you out like watching a game there in person or on TV. It looks like it’s a b&w bla world. If a team wears orange or yellow it will warp your mind.
Playing my college ball in Arkansas, I always thought Henderson State was unique. New Mexico State could be on this list as well. Thanks for the video. I love stadiums.
NMU's wooden dome is phenomenal. When I visited, the field wasn't set up for football, but the structure is vast. (We went there for the pool) Magnificent structure. ( Fun, and/or strange, fact Northern Michigan University is in Marquette, Michigan, while Marquette University is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. )
Going to NMU, there is a roller that can roll the entire astroturf and reveal the track and field layout. This is also what happens when we do the graduation ceremonies
You need to fact check your info on CSU's stadium. You show a picture of Hughes Field which was torn down, Canvas Stadium is in town. Either way, not much football is played there.
