Located in Morgantown, WV and home of the West Virginia Mountaineers,
Mountaineer Field is the largest non NFL stadium in the Big East
Conference. In the late 1970s, West Virginia decided to build a new
stadium for their football program as the old Mountaineer Field could
not be expanded because of its location. By 1980, the stadium was
complete near the campus and named Mountaineer Field . WVU played
their first game at their stadium on September 8, 1960. As it was when it opened, Mountaineer Field remains
one of the largest stadiums in the conference with a capacity of
60,000.
The stadium consists of a
lower deck that encloses the entire playing field and upper decks on
the east and west sides. Throughout the past 25 years, there have been
few additions to Mountaineer Field. A new video/scoreboard was added
in the north end of the stadium before the 1995 season. The original
Astroturf playing surface was replaced with Astroplay in 2002.
Eighteen suites were added in 2004 in the north endzone providing more
money for the athletic department. Before the 2007 season the
Astroplay was replaced with Fieldturf. Over the past several years,
the Mountaineers have maintained a quality team that has been very
competitive. Fans continue to come out to support the team and hear
John Denver’s song “Take Me Home Country Roads” which has become
famous at Mountaineer games. In recent years WVU has become one
of the top football programs in both the Big East Conference and in
college football.
FACTS & FIGURES
-Tenant: West Virginia Mountaineers -Conference: Big East -Capacity: 60,180 -Surface:
FieldTurf -Opened:
September 6, 1980 -Cost:
$22 million
-Seating
Chart
-Official
Mountaineers Website
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School Traditions: Songs, "Take Me Home,
Country Roads" & "The Pride of West Virginia"
North Carolina Tarheels at West Virginia Mountaineers
Bank of America Stadium December 27, 2008
1:00PM
Mountaineer
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