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 Boone
Pickens Stadium
Stillwater, OK
Boone Pickens Stadium, home of the Oklahoma State Cowboys,
looks very different than when it opened.
Originally known as Lewis Field after Dr. Laymon Lewis, the Cowboys
played their first game at the stadium in 1920. The stadium originally
had a capacity of 8,000 and the gridiron was situated in a north-south direction. However, soon after opening, it was moved to an
east-west direction because of strong winds that affected play on the
field. By
1924, stands were constructed on the south side of the stadium and six
years later the capacity was at 13,000 when stands were built on the
north side. The next expansion came in 1947 when the south stands were
extended to seat 30,000 and a press box was constructed.
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Three years
later the team expanded the north grandstand giving Lewis Field a
seating capacity of 39,000. In 1972, the track surrounding the field
was removed and the field was lowered 12 feet allowing 20 rows to be
placed around it. In addition, the natural grass field was removed and
replaced with Astroturf. A new press box was built in 1980 and night
football was played for the first time in 1985. In 2003, Lewis Field
was renamed Boone Pickens Stadium after famous Oklahoma State alumni,
Boone Pickens' donations to the school. In recent years the look of Boone Pickens Stadium has
changed dramatically. Prior to the start of the 2004 season, $74
million was spent on the south side of the stadium adding a new pressbox, luxury suites and bricking the facade to match
buildings on campus.
The latest expansions to Boone Pickens Stadium have been completed
over the past two years. Seating was added on the west side of the
stadium increasing the seating capacity to 60,000. Luxury suites were
added to this section before the 2009 season.
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FACTS & FIGURES |
-Tenant:
Oklahoma State Cowboys
-Conference: Big 12
-Capacity: 60,218
-Surface: Fieldturf
-Opened:
1920
-Cost:
Unknown
-Seating Chart
-Oklahoma
State Sports
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