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Kenan Stadium
 Chapel Hill, NC

Home of the North Carolina Tar Heels, Kenan Stadium is oftentimes called one of the most beautiful college football stadiums. In the mid 1920s, a new stadium for the North Carolina football program was needed to replace the 2,400 seat Emerson Field. By 1926, donations were accepted in order to build a new facility. After only raising a small portion of what it would cost to build a new stadium, William Rand Kenan Jr. made a significant contribution. He provided financial support to build a new stadium to honor his parents, therefore the stadium was named Kenan Stadium. Construction began in November 1926 and was completed in 1927.
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FACTS & FIGURES
-Tenant: North Carolina Tar Heels
-Conference: ACC
-Capacity: 60,000
-Surface:  Grass
-Opened: November 27, 1927
-Cost: $303,000
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Kentucky Commonwealth Stadium 24KT Gold Coin Photomint
Kenan Stadium  24KT Gold Coin Photo Mint
13"x16" Limited to 5,000
The Tar Heels played their first game at Kenan Stadium on November 27, 1927 against Davidson College. The stadium originally had a capacity of 24,000. However in the 1950s, Kenan gave an additional $1 million for a second deck for the stadium. The upper deck was built in 1963, increasing the capacity to 48,000, the first of many expansions. Additional expansions came in 1979, 1988, 1997 and 1998 bringing the capacity to 60,000. After the 1987 football season, 2,000 seats between the 40 yard lines were constructed along with a new press box atop the upper deck on the south side. In 2007 a $2 million scoreboard was installed along with the construction of the Kenan Football Center that houses the Hall of Honor, locker rooms and the Carolinas Football Program. Today fans pack Kenan Stadium to see the Tar Heels battle in this grand facility. In May 2010, UNC approved construction of the $70 million Carolina Student Athletic Center. This facility replaces the Kenan Field House and provides an academic center, strength and conditioning center, and visitors locker room. To be completed by Fall 2011, the expansion will also turn Kenan Stadium into a bowl stadium with the addition of nearly 3,000 seats in the endzone, named the "Blue Zone."
 

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UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium Desktop Photomint
Kenan Stadium Desktop Photo Mint
13"x16" Limited to 5,000

UNC Kenan Memorial Stadium Silver Coin Card
Kenan Stadium Silver Coin Card
4"x6" Limited to 10,000

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-10/9 - CLEMSON
-10/16 - at Virginia
-10/23 - at Miami
-10/30 - WILLIAM & MARY
-11/6 - at Florida State
-11/13 - VIRGINIA TECH
-11/20 - NC STATE
-11/27 - at Duke 		Players in the NFL: Sam Aiken, Ron Curry, Julius Peppers
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