A twist on the stadium thread: Post pics of your OLD stadium here.

[TheBisonator]

I thought I would put a twist on the stadium thread and ask anyone here to post some pics of the stadium your team USED to play in.

Here's some pics of the "old" Dacotah Field from the 1920's and 1930's.

(Unfortunately, I could not find any pics of the "new" Dacotah Field from the glory days of the 1960's, 70's and 80's. They don't freakin' exist on the internet, apparently.)

Anyway, here they are:

I stumbled upon these via the NDSU archives:

November 4, 1922: Homecoming versus South Dakota State

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/3895-med.jpg

Same game, but a somewhat different angle:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/3892-med.jpg

Homecoming: October 15, 1927

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/7765-med.jpg

On-field shot of the game:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/6775c-med.jpg

Dacotah Field starts evolving a bit. Cars are no longer parked in the endzones. More stands are added for fans, lights are added, and Churchill Hall has been completed. Here's a pic from Homecoming on October 25, 1930 against The School Which Shall Not Be Named:

http://dp3.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/gpn/sports/glass_plates/b823b-med.jpg

I think this is the "new" "old" Dacotah Field from 1938:

http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/ndsubuildings/DacotahField/dacotah-3.JPG

Aerial view of the stadium:

http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/ndsubuildings/DacotahField/dacotah-2.jpg

Hope you enjoyed!! :D

[ucdtim17]

That last view looks better than a lot of current I-AA stadiums, except for the light towers blocking the views

[YaleFootballFan]

Pictures of old Yale Field (capacity 33,000) circa 1910. The Yale Bowl would later replace Yale Field in 1914.

http://members.aol.com/pcpage3/sports/yalebi.jpg

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/derivatives/archives/691/zoom/001865.jpg

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/derivatives/archives/691/zoom/001866.jpg

From 1902, Yale vs. Harvard....

http://mssa.library.yale.edu/derivatives/archives/691/zoom/003689.jpg

[89Hen]

Frazier Field 1914

http://www.lib.udel.edu/data/postcards/medium/dennewauniv012f.jpg

http://www.bluehenfootball.com/FrazierField.jpg

henfan sent me a picture of Delaware Stadium before the East Side addition, I'll have to try to find it on my work computer.

[bulldog10jw]

Pictures of old Yale Field (capacity 33,000) circa 1910. The Yale Bowl would later replace Yale Field in 1914.


YFF. If I remember my Yale Football History correctly, the old Yale Field was on the site of the current baseball stadium.

[YaleFootballFan]

YFF. If I remember my Yale Football History correctly, the old Yale Field was on the site of the current baseball stadium.

Yes that's true and its also on the same site as the current practice fields and Clint Frank Field.

[griz8791]

This is the best I can do on short notice. It's actually a track meet. I will continue to snoop through the online archives to see if I can find something better.

http://content.lib.umt.edu/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/pharchives&CISOPTR=376&DMSCALE=73.08161&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&REC=6&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0

[AZGrizFan]

This is the best I can do on short notice. It's actually a track meet. I will continue to snoop through the online archives to see if I can find something better.

http://content.lib.umt.edu/cgi-bin/getimage.exe?CISOROOT=/pharchives&CISOPTR=376&DMSCALE=73.08161&DMWIDTH=600&DMHEIGHT=600&DMX=0&DMY=0&DMTEXT=&REC=6&DMTHUMB=1&DMROTATE=0

8791, is that Old Dornblazer on Higgins, or OLD OLD Dornblazer...?

edit: On second view, it appears the buildings behind the stadium are Campus buildings, so I guess that probably answers my question....

[Go Lehigh TU owl]

Lehigh's old Taylor Stadium. Taylor was built in 1914 and was demolished following the Lehigh Lafayette game in 1987. It was right in the middle of South Bethlem which made for a parking nightmere. Taylor was a little bit larger, about 20,000 with the temp endzone seats, that Goodman was. The concrete seats in the lower bowl made for waterfalls when it rained



http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5812/taylor21tj.jpg

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/1674/taylor106zw.jpg

http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/6369/taylor51wt.jpg

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/4594/taylor16ou.jpg

[Dabnus Brickey]

Those old pics are awesome!!!

[NoCoDanny]

Cranford Field 1890 until 1927

http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/images/arc_PhotoHist/pic_Cranford-Athletic-Field.jpg

http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/images/arc_PhotoHist/pic_Grandstands-Field-Day.jpg

Jackson Field 1928 to 1995

http://www.unco.edu/library/archives/images/arc_PhotoHist/pic_Jackson-Field2.jpg

[Hammersmith]

More NDSU Dacotah Field Pictures
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/1926.html
1926: The open area near the middle of the photo is 'Old' Dacotah Filed.
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/1936.html
1936: 'Old' Dacotah Field has been upgraded and campus buildings are beginning to surround it. Note the uppermost building on the right edge. That is the Old Fieldhouse, now Bentson-Bunker, where we still play volleyball.
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/June1944.html
1944: Not much change.
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/1951.html
1951: 'Old' Dacotah Field has been cleared and part of 'New' Dacotah Field can be see in the upper right.
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/1989.html
1989: 'New' Fieldhouse, Bison Sports Arena(square white building), and 'New' Dacotah Field. This photo is looking SW; the others were NW.
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/1993.html
1993: Fargodome is top-center. 'Old Dacotah Field is the tree lined area along the right edge with sidewalks crisscrossing. Oh, and the Hector Airport runways can be seen in the top-left corner. That's where your teams would be flying into.

[Hammersmith]

More NDSU Dacotah Field Pictures
http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/c1926.JPG
1926: The open area near the middle of the photo is 'Old' Dacotah Filed.


http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/c1936.JPG
1936: 'Old' Dacotah Field has been upgraded and campus buildings are beginning to surround it.
Note the uppermost building on the right edge. That is the Old Fieldhouse, now Bentson-Bunker,
where we still play volleyball.


http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/June1944.JPG
1944: Not much change.


http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/1951.JPG
1951: 'Old' Dacotah Field has been cleared and part of 'New' Dacotah Field can be see in the upper right.


http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/1989.JPG
1989: 'New' Fieldhouse: the Bison Sports Arena(square white building), and 'New' Dacotah Field.
This photo is looking SW; the others were NW.


http://www.lib.ndsu.nodak.edu/archives/aerial/images/c1993.JPG
1993: Fargodome is top-center. 'Old' Dacotah Field is the tree lined area along the right with sidewalks crisscrossing.
Oh, and the Hector Airport runways can be seen in the top-left corner. That's where your teams would be flying into.

[Hammersmith]

Oh, and when we say the Red River Valley is flat, we mean flat.

[griz8791]

1989: 'New' Fieldhouse, Bison Sports Arena(square white building), and 'New' Dacotah Field. This photo is looking SW; the others were NW.

So is "new" Dacotah Field still there and is it still in good shape?

[Hammersmith]

So is "new" Dacotah Field still there and is it still in good shape?
It's barely there. The south seating is completely gone(reused for the new soccer complex - I think), the astroturf is in horrible shape, and the permanent north seating is falling apart. Even if it's not leveled for the BSA renovation/expansion next year, it still won't be around for much longer. I think the only group that still uses it is the marching band, though the team might still use it for some practices.

[griz8791]

That's too bad. I know you guys love the dome but I think an on-campus stadium is a real asset and sometime in the future you may find yourselves missing it.

[Hammersmith]

That's too bad. I know you guys love the dome but I think an on-campus stadium is a real asset and sometime in the future you may find yourselves missing it.
To some extent, we already are. When the Fargodome opened, we had a sizable increase of seating capacity; at the same time, our teams went through a downturn. We haven't won a conference championship outright since 1992; a year before the Fargodome opened.

By 2002, average attendance had dropped to 10,800 in a facility holding 19,000. To fill up the seats, the athletic department promoted Bison games as a social event. The place to see and be seen on Saturday nights. It brought up attendace, but lowered crowd noise. Fargodome security frowned on "excessive" noise, and even escorted people out if they wouldn't sit down.

Today, that's beginning to change. Leadership has changed and the fans are being retrained to stand and make noise. Still, older fans remember the noise and excitement of the Dacotah Field days and talk is beginning on the prospect of a new outdoor stadium. We are still many years from that point, but the Fargodome could be seeing sellout seasons as early as 2008.


Oh, and the Fargodome is on-campus. It was built on NDSU property and is about one or two hundred yards from 'New' Dacotah Field.

[Seven Would Be Nice]

Paulson Stadium, Statesboro Ga.
http://myspace-725.vo.llnwd.net/01440/52/75/1440455725_l.jpg

Here's a pic of Paulson stadium from the late 80s. I made it black and white and added distortion so it would fit in with all these pictures from the 20s and such.:thumbsup:

[MplsBison]

To some extent, we already are. When the Fargodome opened, we had a sizable increase of seating capacity; at the same time, our teams went through a downturn. We haven't won a conference championship outright since 1992; a year before the Fargodome opened.

By 2002, average attendance had dropped to 10,800 in a facility holding 19,000. To fill up the seats, the athletic department promoted Bison games as a social event. The place to see and be seen on Saturday nights. It brought up attendace, but lowered crowd noise. Fargodome security frowned on "excessive" noise, and even escorted people out if they wouldn't sit down.

Today, that's beginning to change. Leadership has changed and the fans are being retrained to stand and make noise. Still, older fans remember the noise and excitement of the Dacotah Field days and talk is beginning on the prospect of a new outdoor stadium. We are still many years from that point, but the Fargodome could be seeing sellout seasons as early as 2008.


Oh, and the Fargodome is on-campus. It was built on NDSU property and is about one or two hundred yards from 'New' Dacotah Field.


I don't see how NDSU won't be in the Fargodome for the next 40 years. Esp. since the new offices were built there.

They'll find a way to increase seating capacity.

[OL FU]

Sirrine Stadium - Still used by the Greenville High Red Raiders. and in the last couple of years an HBCU classic. between DII schools I believe. I don't recall the capacity but I don't believe it is much smaller than the current Paladin Stadium which is 16,000. Probably less than a mile from main street Greenville.

Furman used from 1936 to 1980 First game - Furman 14 Citadel 13
Last Game Furman 28 Citadel 15. gotta love those dogs.

http://static.flickr.com/31/45323045_48b8a96c58_m.jpg


Manly field 1919 to 1936. I cannot find the picture that shows the stands. Mabe their weren't any. The current minor league baseball field is in the old Manly field location.
http://www.knowitall.org/schistory/Images/HistoryPics/SC-G3key.jpg