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Spartan Stadium
East Lansing, MI

Home of the Michigan State Spartans, fans have been attending games at Spartan Stadium for more than eighty years. In the early 1920s University officials decided to construct a new stadium for the football team. By 1923 a new stadium was constructed for the Spartans and they began playing at the new facility the fall of that year. The original capacity was 14,000. As the team grew in popularity, so did the stadium. In 1935 the seating capacity was increased to 26,000 and the facility was named Macklin Field. Thirteen years later the stadium�s capacity nearly doubled and by 1956, the stadium had a seating capacity of 60,000.

Prior to the 1957 season the upper decks were constructed on both sides of the playing field boosting the capacity to 76,000. Furthermore, the stadium was renamed Spartan Stadium. Astroturf replaced the natural grass field before the 1969 season and a new modern scoreboard was added in 1973. The Spartans installed a new modern video/scoreboard before the 1991. Throughout the years the seating capacity at Spartan Stadium has been changed several times over its existence. The most recent expansion was completed in August 2005. A new pressbox, 24 luxury suites, 862 club seats were constructed on the west side of Spartan Stadium. With the completion of this renovation, Spartan Stadium will seat around 75,000 fans.

Facts & Figures

-Tenant: Michigan State Spartans
-Conference: Big Ten
-Capacity: 75,005
-Surface: Grass
-Opened: 1923
-Cost: Unknown
-Seating Chart
Michigan State Spartans Sports
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SPARTAN STADIUM PICTURES

Famous Players: Tony Banks, Derrick Mason, Ike Reese
School Traditions: Michigan State Spartan Cheerleaders

-9/1 - UAB
-9/8 - BOWLING GREEN
-9/15 - PITTSBURGH
-9/22 - at Notre Dame
-9/29 - at Wisconsin
-10/6 - NORTHWESTERN
-10/13 - INDIANA
-10/20 - at Ohio State
-10/27 - at Iowa
-11/3 - MICHIGAN
-11/10 - at Purdue
-11/17 - PENN STATE

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