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Located in Champaign, IL, Memorial Stadium has been the home of the Illinois Fighting Illini for more than eight decades. Prior to its opening in 1923, the Fighting Illini played at Illinois Field. This stadium became to small and by 1923 contributions of nearly  $1.7 million were made to the University of Illinois in order to build a new stadium, to honor men and women who fought during World War I, and later World War II. Named Memorial Stadium, it was completed by November 3, 1923 when Illinois beat Chicago.
 

Throughout it’s nearly eight decades of existence Memorial Stadium has underwent numerous improvement and additions. Today, the stadium has a capacity of just over 65,143. The stadium consists of two tiers of bleachers. The lower level forms a horseshoe, and there is an upper deck on both sides of the field. The press box is located on top of the west side upper deck.  A huge 23 foot by 34 foot scoreboard is located at the west end of the stadium. Originally, Memorial Stadium had a grass field, but in 1974 the grass was replaced with Astroturf. Today, Memorial Stadium continues to be the home of the University of Illinois Fighting Illini. Like many other colleges, Illinois has replaced the Astroturf field with Fieldturf.  It was the home of the Chicago Bears for one season in 2002 as Soldier Field was renovated. After the 2006 season work began on a $116 million expansion project to Memorial Stadium. Completed by the 2008 season, this expansion and renovation project included the construction of a new pressbox and luxury suite area on the west side, 10,000 seats on the north side, connecting the south endzone to the east and west grandstands, renovating the concourses and moving the main video/scoreboard to the south endzone.

FACTS & FIGURES

-Tenant: Illinois Fighting Illini
-Conference: Big Ten
-Capacity: 65,143
-Surface:  Fieldturf
-Opened: November 3, 1923
-Cost:
$1.7 Million
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Famous Players: Red Grange, George Halas, Dick Butkus, Ray Nitschke, Jeff George, Kevin Hardy, Dana Howard, Simeon Rice
School Traditions: Marching Illini, Chief Illiniweck


 

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