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In the News (Fri 25 Dec 09)

  
  Real Salt Lake: Stadium: Rice Eccles Stadium
Rice-Eccles Stadium is the premier stadium of the Intermountain region serving the six state area of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Nevada.
The Stadium staff takes pride in operating a state of the art facility by implementing the most modern techniques used in the industry today.
It is now one of the most beautiful and modern stadiums in the U.S. Population of Salt Lake City is 171,000 with 1,500,000 along the Wasatch Front, which runs from Brigham City to the North, and Payson to the South.
real.saltlake.mlsnet.com /t121/stadium   (815 words)

  
  Rice-Eccles Stadium, Tower Information and Reservations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rice-Eccles Stadium is the premier stadium of the Intermountain region serving the six state area of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado and Nevada.
The stadium underwent a 50 million dollar renovation beginning May 1997 and was completed September 1998.
It is now one of the most beautiful and modern stadiums in the U.S. Population of Salt Lake City is 171,000 with 1,500,000 along the Wasatch Front, which runs from Brigham City to the North, and Payson to the South.
www.stadium.utah.edu /stadium.html   (405 words)

  
 RiceOwls.com :: Rice Athletics :: The Official Athletics site of Rice University
The Rice Owls will make their longest trip of the 2007 season when they travel to Huntington, W. Va. for their first-ever meeting on the gridiron Saturday with the Thundering Herd of Marshall.
The Rice volleyball team returns home this weekend to take on Marshall and East Carolina, and join the national "Dig for the Cure" program to raise money for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation against the Thundering Herd on Friday at Fox Gym.
After visiting Rice University on her tennis recruiting trip two years ago, Rebecca Lin knew Rice was the place for her.
www.riceowls.com   (408 words)

  
 Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium has proved to be the master of time.
In 1949, the Rice Owls fielded one of its greatest teams led by all-Americas Froggie Williams and Joe Watson, won the Southwest Conference championship and the 1950 Cotton Bowl with a 10-1 record.
The 8,000-square-foot complex, newly constructed on the southeast corner of the stadium, is one of the premier college facilities in the nation.
football.ballparks.com /NCAA/ConfUSA/Rice/index.htm   (953 words)

  
 Stadiums of the NFL-Rice Stadium-Super Bowl VIII
Its history goes back to 1950, when a new stadium for the Rice football program was needed as the old Rice Stadium was beginning to show its age.
In the 1990’s Rice Stadium saw several improvements, in 1995 new lights, in 1996, new scoreboards and in 1997 new Astroturf.
Stadiums of the NFL is not associated with the National Football League or any team mentioned.
www.stadiumsofnfl.com /superbowl/RiceStadium.htm   (206 words)

  
 The Dispatch - Serving the Lexington, NC - News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rice Stadium is a football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas.
In addition to Rice, the University of Houston football team played at Rice Stadium from 1951 to 1965, and the Bluebonnet Bowl was played there from 1959 to 1967 and again in 1985 and 1986.
Rice Stadium was built before professional football came to Houston, and 70,000 fans might be expected to attend a college football game there.
www.the-dispatch.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Rice_Stadium   (370 words)

  
 Jerry Rice ...
Rice took the NFL by storm in his rookie season for the 49ers in 1985, recording 49 catches for 927 yards, an 18.9 yards per catch average.
Rice made it back to the Super Bowl with the 49ers in the 1994 season, recording a career high 112 receptions for 1,499 yards and 13 touchdowns.
Rice left the Raiders 4 games into the 2004 season and joined Seattle for the remainder of the year.Rice would play his last post-season game for Seattle which was a lost to St.Louis.
www.jerryricefootball.com /index.cfm/pk/content/pid/400047   (1231 words)

  
 Sridhar Lavu - About Rice
Rice has been ranked one of the best universities with 2700 undergraduate students and 1700 graduate students from about 70 countires and a 5-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio (year 2000).
The Rice Institute was redesignated as William Marsh Rice University in 1960.
The Rice Stadium, completed in 1950, is recognized as the best stadium in which to watch a football game in Texas.
www.dsp.rice.edu /~lavu/rice   (447 words)

  
 Rice-Eccles Stadium
Rice, whose name has graced the stadium for 26 years, said he was honored his family name would be joined by the Eccles' on the stadium marquee.
Rice's $1 million contribution to the U. in 1972 was then the largest single gift made to the university.
Rice Stadium is equipped with ten full service concession stands, a vending area and six portable drink stands.
football.ballparks.com /NCAA/MountainWest/Utah   (1082 words)

  
 rice page
The Rice Institute opened on September 23, 1912 with 77 beginning students and a dozen faculty.
Rice Stadium has been the scene of many exciting moments in the football histories of Rice, the city of Houston and the National Football League.On Jan. 13, 1974, Rice Stadium was the site of Super Bowl VIII, in which the Miami Dolphins defeated the Minnesota Vikings 24-7.
The stadium seats 70,000 fans, a tribute to a university with an overall enrollment of 4,320.
www.tailgatershandbook.com /rice.htm   (161 words)

  
 College Gridirons-Rice Eccles Stadium-Utah Utes
Prior to the construction in 1998, the old Rice Stadium was located on the same site as the new stadium today.
The old stadium was demolished after the 1997 season and a new stadium rose in its place and was completed by 1998.
The stadium was named after Robert L. Rice who donated $1 million for the old Ute Stadium in 1972.
www.collegegridirons.com /mountainwest/RiceEcclesStadium.htm   (274 words)

  
 The Thresher Online: SPORTS COMMENTARY: The House That Ruth Built, the house that Rice owned (October 16, 1998)
Cox claimed Rice owned the stadium itself "lock, stock and barrel." The land the stadium sits on, however, became property of the Knights of Columbus.
Rice's ownership of Yankee Stadium saw some of the Yankees' dark ages as the team posted a losing season in 1965, their first in 39 years.
Rice received $2.5 million in compensation from the Big Apple, relinquishing all ownership and rights to the City of New York, the stadium's current owner.
www.rice.edu /projects/thresher/issues/86/981016/Sports/Story01.html   (875 words)

  
 Stadiums of the NFL-Astrodome-Houston Oilers
The primary purpose of building a dome stadium was to attract a professional baseball team.
The stadium would be able to host numerous events from baseball to football to boxing matches.
It was one of the first stadiums to have luxury suites with 53.
www.stadiumsofnfl.com /past/Astrodome.htm   (574 words)

  
 Rice Stadium needs a big makeover | The Rice Thresher
Rice University used to be one of the better football schools in the nation.
That year, Rice won 10 games and finished in the top five of the final AP poll for the first and only time in history.
They should do is cause Rice fans to look at their football stadium — and their athletic history — with the same sense of pride that led to its construction in the first place.
the.ricethresher.org /sports/2005/09/02/ricestadium   (885 words)

  
 Rice-Eccles Stadium, Venues, 2002 Olympic Coodination, University of Utah
The world was invited to Rice-Eccles Stadium to see the Opening and Closing Ceremonies for the Games and Opening Ceremony for the Paralympics.
Located at the foothills of the beautiful Wasatch Mountains, the stadium is situated at an elevation of 4,657 ft and overlooks downtown Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake.
The five additional parking lots closest to the Olympic Stadium were occupied by SLOC during the Games (2/8/02 - 2/24/02), although it was possible for University employees to use those lots on days without official events.
www.utah.edu /2002/venues/stadium.html   (202 words)

  
 CampusChamps.com - Rice University Athletics
Rice University is nicely sized with 2,700 undergraduates and 1,700 graduate students, from all 50 states and about 70 countries.
Rice is also home to seven strong academic schools: Architecture, Engineering, Humanities, Music, Natural Sciences, Social Sciences and Graduate School of Management - as well as the Continuing Studies program, which serves more than 10,000 people each year.
Rice's Allison Beckford and Adam Davis were both named to the second-team academic all-America track and field/cross country teams this spring.
www.campuschamps.com /college_spotlight/rice_university.shtml   (475 words)

  
 Rice vanquishes SMU in overtime   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
The Rice Owls last year experimented with multiple passes in their first game of the season.
But this year it was miscues with the running game that hurt the Owls as they barely pushed past SMU 23-17 in overtime before 42,674 at Rice Stadium.
However, on SMU's final possession of the initial half, the Mustangs marched from their own 21 to the Rice 27 before placekicker Roy Rios made a 44 yarder to give SMU a 10-10 tie at halftime.
www.chron.com /cgi-bin/auth/story.mpl/content/chronicle/sports/fb/fbc/98/09/06/rice.html   (752 words)

  
 Rice Webcast Archive: President John F. Kennedy on the Space Effort, Rice University, September 12, 1962
Kennedy cites accelerating scientific progress as evidence that the exploration of space is inevitable and argues that the United States should lead the space effort in order to retain a position of leadership on earth.
Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort, Kennedy Library; Key Documents in Space Policy: 1960s, NASA; John F. Kennedy Library; NASA History Office.
The growth of our science and education will be enriched by new knowledge of our universe and environment, by new techniques of learning and mapping and observation, by new tools and computers for industry, medicine, the home as well as the school.
webcast.rice.edu /speeches/19620912kennedy.html   (1713 words)

  
 Fort Worth on MOB
When Rice managed a 24-21 victory, stunned and angry Aggie fans surrounded the Rice band, which took refuge in the stadium's cavernous exit tunnel.
Here, rowdy Rice students wear T-shirts that are unprintable in a family newspaper, flaunting their team's upset over UT a year earlier.
Though the Rice band includes a few students from other area colleges and a handful of Mob fanatics with connections at Rice, the ensemble's focus is the hard-studying Rice students for whom playing in the Mob is a leisure-time activity.
www.owlnet.rice.edu /~awestall/mob.html   (1317 words)

  
 Homeland Security Newsline
Rice Stadium is the last Division I football facility that still has Astroturf.
"Rice Stadium truly is one of the venerable college football facilities in the United States.
Rice Stadium has a capacity of 70,000 despite a student body that numbers around 4500.
www.primezone.com /hs/news.html?d=97700   (429 words)

  
 Troy-Rice Preview - NCAA Sports.com
Rice opened the season with four straight losses, but went on to win its final six games and earn its first bowl berth since 1961, when the Owls lost to Kansas in the Bluebonnet Bowl.
Graham, previously the defensive coordinator at Tulsa, was hired by Rice on Jan. 1 and immediately began changing everything from the helmets to the offensive plans.
The Rice offense is keyed by quarterback Chase Clement and receiver Jarett Dillard.
ncaasports.com /football/mens/gamecenter/preview/NCAAF_20061222_RICE@TROY   (651 words)

  
 College Gridirons-Rice Stadium-Rice Owls
Home of the Rice Owls football team, Rice Stadium is the largest stadium in the WAC conference.
By 1950, a new stadium for the Rice football program was needed as the old Rice Stadium was beginning to show its age.
College Gridirons is not associated with any team, college, stadium, or conference in any way.
www.collegegridirons.com /cusa/RiceStadium.htm   (187 words)

  
 Rice Lacrosse: Map & Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Rice University is located at 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005.
Rice Stadium parking is available at gate #18.
Rice campus entry gates will be on your left.
www.ruf.rice.edu /~lacrosse/map.htm   (411 words)

  
 The Official Site of the Houston Texans   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
Reliant Stadium features an open view of the playing field from the main concourse and on the club level.  The main concourse is 40 feet wide, which makes it the largest in the NFL.
Reliant Stadium can also boast a larger than life scoreboard.  Following the trend that was started with the Astrodome scoreboard, Reliant Stadium houses two of the largest in the league.
The Texans' front office is located on the south end of the stadium, enabling the club's day-to-day operations to be under one roof.  Players report to the stadium to take part in film sessions, practice, treatment and training.
www.houstontexans.com /reliant_stadium/history.php   (834 words)

  
 Rice Stadium Information
Rice Stadium is one of two university stadiums
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www.ricefootball.net /stadium.htm   (121 words)

  
 U's Rice-Eccles Stadium New Synthetic Turf to Save Millions of Gallons of Water Each Year : University of Utah News ...
The field at Rice-Eccles Stadium had been natural grass before it was paved over for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Games.
Once placed on the surface of a stadium, fine rubber pellets mixed with sand are poured on top, filling the pile about ¾ of the way to the top of the fibers.
When the stadium opened in 1998, it was lined with SportsGrass, a hybrid of natural grass and artificial turf that the U experimented with from 1995-99.
unews.utah.edu /p/?r=080306-28   (629 words)

  
 Getting to Rice
These directions are from the three freeways in closest proximity to Rice University.
Turn right into Entrance #12, park in one of the free Visitor's parking spaces in the Rice Stadium lot (see the map, PDF file) and ride the free campus shuttle from the bus shelters to Duncan Hall.
Duncan Hall is the fifth stop on the shuttle route (after you leave the Stadium).
ceee.rice.edu /cs-camp/visitors/rice_directions.html   (542 words)

  
 Changes Coming To Rice-Eccles Stadium -- 2002 Winter Olympic News from KSL
Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium is the latest and greatest version of the University's first football arena built in the 1920's.
Now SLOC is beginning work of its own, turning the stadium into a winter arena fit for the world.
February 8th -- just four months from now -- that last torchbearer is scheduled to enter this stadium and light the caldron -- a symbol of the games official beginning.
2002.ksl.com /news-2845i.php   (524 words)

  
 The Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance at Rice University
Rice University is located at 6100 Main Street, Houston, TX 77005.  The campus is surrounded by Main Street, Greenbriar Street, Rice, Sunset and University Boulevards.  Questions?  Call the Welcome Center at 713-WELCOME (713-935-2663).
Rice Campus Gates #1 and #2 will be on right where paid visitor parking is available.  Ride the free campus shuttle to your campus destination.
Gate #18 leads to Rice Stadium parking lot, Gate #20 leads to the Central Campus Garage which is close to James A. Baker III Hall, Herring Hall, and the Rice Student Center where Farnsworth Pavilion and the Grand Hall are located.
cohesion.rice.edu /centersandinst/boniuk/boniuk.cfm?doc_id=8550   (788 words)

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