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Ohio Stadium, home of the Ohio State Buckeyes is one of the most recognizable stadiums in college football. As early as 1913, there was discussion of a new stadium for the OSU football team. The team had been playing at Ohio Field and a new stadium was needed. The school wanted to build a large enough stadium to accommodate enough fans that were interested in the sport. However there was much discussion on how to raise money to build the stadium and where to build it at. OSU commissioned Howard D. Smith to design a new stadium. By 1918, he designed a double decked horseshoe stadium. After funds were raised to build the new stadium, construction began in August 1921. Built of steel and concrete, the stadium was constructed at a cost of $1.3 million.
 
The Buckeyes played their first game at Ohio Stadium on October 7, 1922 against Ohio Wesleyan. When it opened in 1922, Ohio Stadium had a seating capacity of 66,210 in a double decked horseshoe configuration. The Buckeyes have been very successful over the years and additional renovations have been completed at Ohio Stadium. In 1984 a new scoreboard was added and in 1991 5,000 seats were added in the south end zone. The latest renovations and expansions came between 1998 and 2001. This expansion included the removal of the Jesse Owens Track and lowering the field by 14 feet. With the lowering of the field, additional rows were added. Furthermore, a 40 foot tall shell was added on the east and west sides of the stadium to allow the rim to be raised and to add 17 rows of seats. A new video/scoreboard along with 76 luxury suites and 2,500 club seats were added. Today, Ohio Stadium is one of the finest stadiums in the nation with a seating capacity of 101,568. The Buckeyes have led the nation in attendance 20 times throughout the years. Prior to the start of the 2007 season, the playing field was switched from grass to Fieldturf.

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-Tenant: Ohio Buckeyes
-Conference: Big Ten
-Capacity: 101,568
-Surface:  Fieldturf
-Opened: October 7, 1922
-Cost: $1.3 million (original)
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