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  College Football Stadiums
This jewel was built specifically for football, and there are spots in the sunken stadium where fans are scant feet from the field.
A few years ago, Arizona State was backed up in the west end of the stadium next to the student section, and quarterback Steve Campbell taunted fans during a timeout with his hand to his ear.
Autzen has all of 34 years of history -­ and most of it bad.
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 Reser Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The stadium is located on the southwest corner of the campus, at the intersection of 26th Street and Western Boulevard in Corvallis.
A JumboTron is located in the southeast corner of the stadium and supplements the scoreboards at both end zones (north and south).
The stadium alternates with Autzen Stadium at the University of Oregon in hosting the Civil War game between Oregon and Oregon State.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Reser_Stadium   (397 words)

  
 Autzen Stadium: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Autzen Stadium is a sports facility owned and operated by the University of Oregon University of Oregon quick summary:
The stadium is tucked between the Willamette River Willamette River quick summary:
Reser stadium is a sports facility in corvallis, oregon owned and operated by oregon state university....
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/au/autzen_stadium.htm   (354 words)

  
 Autzen Stadium
Autzen Stadium is home to the University of Oregon football team (located north of the UO campus).
The plans for the stadium expansion call for the additional seating to increase the capacity from 41,698 to a minimum 53,800, with an additional 32 sky boxes to be constructed along the top of the south rim of the stadium.
Oregon established a new stadium record for consecutive victories with its 11th straight triumph coming by way of a thrilling triple-overtime win over USC in 1999, and extended that streak to a national-best of 23 wins in a row before Stanford curtailed the second-longest streak in conference history on Oct. 20, 2001 (49-42).
football.ballparks.com /NCAA/Pac10/Oregon/index.htm   (2118 words)

  
 GoDucks.net - Oregon Ducks Football - Autzen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Autzen Stadium was built at a cost of $2.5 million, of which close to $1 million was raised from 1,000 stadium sponsors who contributed $1,000 each for a 25-year option on two seats in prime location protected from the elements by a cantilever roof.
Autzen Stadium, which replaced historic Hayward Field as the home of Oregon football, is named for the late Thomas J. Autzen, a Portland lumberman, sportsman and philanthropist.
The Donald R. Barker Stadium Club, used for meetings and pre- and postgame functions and banquets, was added to the east end zone in 1982.
www.goducks.net /sports/football/autzen.shtml   (640 words)

  
 Website: Assimilate this.
Built in 1968, Autzen Stadium was named for Tom Autzen, a Portland philanthropist who contributed $250,000 to the original construction.
Autzen Stadium has the ability to take Duck fans from all walks of life and turn them into bloodthirsty automatons.
Autzen Stadium is an overgrown country-club, an autumn weekend retreat for locals, alumni and students to get their ya-yas out.
www.laurabush.info /website/archives/33.html   (1301 words)

  
 Portland Architecture: Raising Reser...to Autzen's Knees
The one problem with Autzen's expansion is that it, initially anyway, was only on one side of the stadium.
Considering that the new 55,000-seat Autzen Stadium is routinely filled to capacity, here's hoping a second expansion is or will soon be under consideration.
A Horseshoe stadium can be quite nice and is as much a part or big-time college football as the bowl stadiums in Michigan or the Rose Bowl.
chatterbox.typepad.com /portlandarchitecture/2005/08/raising_reserto.html   (1408 words)

  
 Autzen Stadium [Architecture of the University of Oregon]
Autzen Stadium [Architecture of the University of Oregon]
The stadium, costing approximately $3 million, and taking only 9 months to build, was creatively designed within an artificial crater, avoiding the need for multilevel ramps.
The 41,000 stadium, was named for the Autzen Foundation, headed by UO alumnus Thomas Autzen, who contributed to the project.
libweb.uoregon.edu /guides/architecture/oregon/autzen.html   (1061 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on Autzen Stadium at Epinions.com
While Autzen is a college football lover's paradise, the classless fans, terrible entry/exit scheme and lack of bathrooms require patience.
Autzen Stadium is one of the best places in the country to watch a college football game.
Autzen Stadium is basically a dirt pit with two big dirt mounds for the north and south "stands." The only ways to get into the main bowl of the stadium (besides climbing up one of the big dirt hills) are through gates at the west and east ends.
www.epinions.com /content_18210459268   (516 words)

  
 College Gridirons-Autzen Stadium-Oregon Ducks
Thomas J. Autzen, whom the stadium was named after, spearheaded the project by giving the school $250,000 for the new stadium project in the mid 1960’s.
By the 1967 season, the $2.5 million Autzen Stadium was complete and had a capacity of around 41,000.
Although the stadium originally had a grass field, it was replaced with AstroTurf before the 1969 season.
www.collegegridirons.com /pac10/AutzenStadium.htm   (259 words)

  
 Autzen stadium An Old Jezebel Filled With Decibels --
If “audibles at Autzen” is an oxymoron, then so is “football at Autzen.” That wasn’t a football game; it was a shouting match between Marques Tuiasosopo and the Oregon fans.
The bottom line is that Autzen stadium presents the Ducks with a 10 to 17 point advantage.
Oregon is a very good football team, and may not have needed the Autzen advantage to beat the Huskies, although both Washington and UCLA (two excellent football teams) looked alike against the Ducks.
www.4malamute.com /A_din_of_inequity.html   (789 words)

  
 Google Sightseeing » Post Archive » Autzen Stadium, Springfield
Autzen Stadium (and the University) is in Eugene, Oregon.
The stadium addition was finished in 2003 to increase seating to ~58,000.
The stadium is built into the top of a hill, somewhat like a meteor crater.
www.googlesightseeing.com /2005/08/07/autzen-stadium-springfield   (302 words)

  
 The Seattle Times: Sports: Stadiums around the Pac-10
Stadium has underdone some minor facelifts in recent years, namely "Ring of Fame" installed in 1998 along the façade of the upper deck on the east side of the stadium.
Did you know?: It was called Memorial Stadium to honor those who lost their lives in World War I. Comment: In our opinion, it's the best setting in the Pac-10 other than Husky Stadium, nestled in Strawberry Canyon with clear views of San Francisco to the West.
Stadium was expanded to 40,593 in 1967 but reduced to 35,362 in 1990 as a result of the construction of the original Valley Football Center.
seattletimes.nwsource.com /html/sports/2002026556_pacstadiums05.html   (1313 words)

  
 Rivals.com - No place like home
The stadiums have been cleaned, the gridirons groomed and the fields painted.
Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Va., doesn't blow people away by the brute strength of a massive stadium, but with knowledgeable fans that always reach a frenzied pitch at the right time, the Hokies make the most of their numbers.
As the second-largest college football stadium in the country, Beaver Stadium is one of the most impressive structures in college football.
www.rivals.com /content.asp?SID=1014&CID=444097   (1704 words)

  
 Neyland Stadium best in nation
Neyland Stadium in Knoxville is the largest NCAA Division 1-A football stadium in the south (104,079).
On one side of the stadium is the Tennessee River, where fans arrive by boat and tailgate hours before kickoff and hours after the game.
Neyland Stadium is the nation's largest college football stadium in the south, with a seating capacity of 104,079.
smokeys-trail.com /best-stadium.html   (666 words)

  
 Autzen Stadium Expansion Report by SBC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Accordingly, we have asked: "Are the fiscal policies associated with the Autzen Stadium expansion financially sound and do they contribute to academic excellence at the University of Oregon?" We have reached two conclusions.
The financial blueprints underpinning the Autzen expansion presented to the Senate Budget Committee by the Intercollegiate Athletic Department and the Administration appear to be fiscally sound.
Revenues from the stadium expansion will be used over the next 4 years to progressively phase out the University's financial support of the Intercollegiate Athletics Department.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uosenate/dirsen012/SBCAutzen8Oct2001.html   (470 words)

  
 Sports - StatesmanJournal.com
With the Autzen expansion, along with the completion of the Moshofsky Center indoor practice facility in 1998 and the Casanova Center, which contains offices and the weight room, in 1991, Oregon’s facilities compare favorably with schools throughout the nation.
Although the bowl-shaped stadium configuration remains intact, it is top-heavy on the south side with the addition of 32 rows of seats that top out at row 95, 120 feet above the playing field.
Automobile and RV parking in the east Autzen Stadium lot will be guaranteed to Priority 1 donors, those who make a $3,000 minimum annual contribution to the Duck Athletic Fund.
news.statesmanjournal.com /article.cfm?ip=47228   (2092 words)

  
 UO 125th Anniversary • Campus • Autzen Stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
UO 125th Anniversary • Campus • Autzen Stadium
Described in 2000 as a "glorified divot with seats" by Sports Illustrated magazine, Autzen Stadium was built in 1967 for just $2.5 million and named in honor of the Autzen Foundation -- headed by Portland lumberman, philanthropist, and UO alumnus Thomas Autzen '41 -- which gave $250,000 to the project.
Autzen Stadium is currently in the midst of an $80-million renovation that will increase seating capacity by 12,000 (to a total of 55,000) and add new luxury boxes.
darkwing.uoregon.edu /~uo125/tour/autzen.html   (112 words)

  
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The project manager for the design team, John Poston, has maintained the single continuous-seating bowl design that Autzen has always had, but the "new" Autzen will include 32 luxury suites (which will each be leased for $30,000 per year) in a three-story luxury suite/press box area that will sit on top of the south rim.
"Autzen Stadium, as an existing stadium, is such an unique stadium that it demands a unique design solution for its expansion," Poston said.
Currently, 65 to 75 workers are on site at Autzen, but project manager John Norton expects the number to reach up to 500 people in order for the field to be ready by the Ducks' first game on Aug. 31.
www.oregonlive.com /ducks/emerald/index.ssf?/ducks/emerald/emerald2-011702.frame   (710 words)

  
 HeraldNet - Ducks' 12th man   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
When his UCLA Bruins went into Autzen Stadium to play the Oregon Ducks, Toledo thought he'd done the work necessary to beat the stadium's noise.
In 2001, playing in front of a stadium that held 110 percent of its official capacity, the Ducks won their 23rd straight home game.
Autzen is about half the size of some college stadiums, but its pit-like construction puts green-and-gold-painted fans mere feet away from the field - and benches of the opposing team.
www.heraldnet.com /Stories/02/11/15/16085312.cfm   (861 words)

  
 University of Washington - Official Athletic Site
Due to the abuse of the duplicate ticket policy as well as the increased concerns over counterfeit and duplicate tickets inside Autzen Stadium, the University of Oregon Athletic Ticket Office will adopt a new duplicate ticket policy beginning at the start of the 2006 Football Season.
Thank you for your adherence to the new policy as we continue to make Autzen Stadium one of the best gameday environments in the entire nation.
No alcohol is permitted in the stadium except in licensed pavilions where it may be legally dispensed.
gohuskies.cstv.com /tickets/06-oreg-fb-gameday-info.html   (790 words)

  
 ESPN.com - NCF - Gilmore: What makes Autzen Stadium so scary
Autzen Stadium is the scariest place to play
I played on a Stanford team that visited Autzen stadium back when seating capacity was only 41,000 (it was increased to 54,000 for the 2002 season), and I've broadcasted games there.
After all, Autzen stadium seats barely half as many fans as the stadiums at Michigan, Ohio State and Tennessee.
insider.espn.go.com /ncf/columns/story?columnist=gilmore_rod&id=2170036   (370 words)

  
 ESPN.com - How do you prepare for a loud, hostile stadium?
Be it Oregon's Autzen Stadium, Tennessee's Neyland Stadium or the Big House in Ann Arbor, it's never easy going into a loud, hostile stadium.
In a place like Autzen stadium, you've got to be better than the other team, the crowd and the officials.
Like so many friendly stadiums around the country, Autzen can be worth as much as seven points to the home team.
sports.espn.go.com /espn/print?id=786676&type=story   (793 words)

  
 Autzen Stadium Tickets   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Oregon's Autzen Stadium is consistently ranked among the nation's top 10 venues to watch a college football game.
In 2002, Autzen Stadium underwent a $90 million facelift that not only added 12,000 seats and 32 luxury boxes to the stadium's south-side skyline, it improved amenities that allow spectators to enjoy a better game-day experience in one of the loudest collegiate stadiums in the country.
The result was a record number of fans (450,730) flocking to an athletic arena which has witnesses more than four million fans walking through the turnstiles to wach Oregon football since 1987.
www.ticketcity.com /venue/autzenstadiumtickets.asp   (239 words)

  
 Doing Autzen's dirty work - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The initial cleanup of the stadium itself is divided into three sections taken by three different crews.
Burke is also responsible for orchestrating the setup and operation of Autzen Stadium during every home football game.
Karen Dilger, a scout parent who has worked with her son's crew cleaning the perimeter of the stadium this season, said the aftermath of Saturday's game was one of the lightest cleanups they've had this season.
media.www.dailyemerald.com /media/storage/paper859/news/2006/11/20/News/Doing.Autzens.Dirty.Work-2469714.shtml   (517 words)

  
 Rolling Stones Eugene date
Rock and roll greats, the Rolling Stones, asked the University athletic department if they could play at Autzen Stadium this coming September, but previously arranged football practices put an end to their plans.
Jaime Klund, sports information director, explained it was not feasible to disrupt the stadium with a big event in the middle of football season.
"Autzen was built to be a football facility; that's what it's for," Klund said.
www.iorr.org /tour97/eugene.htm   (267 words)

  
 AD Profile | Chicago Fire Stadium
Toyota Park, home of the MLS Chicago Fire was designed to be both stadium and outdoor concert venue.
Other unique features of the stadium include the center field entrance for the players, benches dug out into the first few rows of seats and the first row seats are less than 2½ feet above ground.
The Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame is housed in the stadium, as well as a soccer pub that is open to the public on off days.
www.acousticdimensions.com /projects/sport_ent/chicagofire.htm   (180 words)

  
 Initiating a new Duck football fan to Autzen - Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
I managed to drag a non-football fan to her first game at Autzen Stadium.
Going up the stadium's main steps, I sneak a look at her, and grin in satisfaction at the semi-awestruck look that she's trying to hide.
At Autzen, we find seats and she gets her first look at the raucous gameday festivities.
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