If you do D3, Hartwick College's Wright Stadium is on the side of the mountain, and has no gap between the back of the endzone and a fence on one side. SUNY Morrisville has a Black Turf, which makes jt fascinating
I visited Pocatello in 1983 on a road trip. We went to Holt Arena and wandered around the entire place. We were amazed he much was actually underground.
@12:25 - Homer Bryce @ SFA - Capacity may say 14,000, but in 2005 there was a Texas HS playoff game between Lufkin and Longview that had the stadium at 25,000. There were people packed on the hills on both sides from the track to the top of the hills. You couldn't even tell that there was grass on the sides of the stands. I believe the SFA Athletic office has a picture of the crowd in their office. I was present for that game and it was crazy. At the same time, there was a game between Southlake Carroll & Abilene HS at Texas Stadium in Irving that also had around 25,000 people. Two HS games had around 50,000 people watching live.
I'm a student at Indiana State. The reason for the renovations was because the stadium was originally built for minor league baseball, and was considered a marvel of a minor league park for the time. The outfield wall is still intact today. It was renovated for football in the 1960s. The reason there's no buildings around it is because it was built by the city about three miles from campus, not the university, and it was put in the middle of a city park, where there are lots of trees and a walking path. It's an alright place to catch a game, very much a high schoolesque experience in my opinion with the one big stand. Roll Trees!
I was visiting Duquesne this summer... football was practicing. I could walk right up to the turf. What was interesting though was the kickers were practicing and hitting the residence hall nearly every kick. You gotta imagine footballs occasionally crash through windows. Beautiful field though!
Indiana States stadium hosted minor league and ISU baseball once. Also, until late 1990 or early, 2000, there was a par 3 golf course surrounding the stadium. Hence, the reason for the that park setting.
The shape that both Ryan Field and Michie Stadium are currently in, they could have made the list, although they'll both look different upon completion of renovation. From the press box of Ryan Field, and its current television cameras, Lake Michigan is front-and-center.
As a Syracuse fan, I sat there for about 30 seconds when he said that seven of the nine indoor stadiums, not shared with a pro team are in the FCS, but then I realize UTSA and the Alamodome, but that’s also a little bit of an Asterix because even though there’s no NFL team, it was built to potentially get an NFL team and it’s more of a pro level stadium and it’s not owned by the school. Syracuse is truly the only major Domed stadium owned and operated on a college campus in America.
The Weirdest College Football Stadiums (D1 FCS)
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This video is the strangest FCS college football stadiums currently in use.