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bulldog10jw
August 19th, 2015, 05:41 PM
http://www.courant.com/sports/college/hc-yale-bowl-renovations-0819-20150818-story.html

NEW HAVEN – Fresh off its 100th anniversary in 2014, Yale Bowl is set to undergo a number of cosmetic changes intended to turn the football stadium into more of a multiuse facility for the campus.
At the conclusion of the 2015 football season, Yale's plan is for its grass field to be replaced with an artificial surface. As of now, Yale and Brown are the only Ivy League programs with natural grass fields.

A portable bubble roof, estimated to be 65-feet tall, will also be installed along with low-level lighting. The bubble roof would not be up for football games, but would be installed after the season and removed before the season.
LeopardBall10
August 19th, 2015, 06:25 PM
That's awesome, good for Yale. Still my favorite stadium to visit/play in even with the terrible visitor locker room situation, bad grass, and beat up bleachers. One of the largest, most storied stadiums getting a facelift just in time.
Pard4Life
August 22nd, 2015, 07:23 PM
That's awesome, good for Yale. Still my favorite stadium to visit/play in even with the terrible visitor locker room situation, bad grass, and beat up bleachers. One of the largest, most storied stadiums getting a facelift just in time.

It's borderline comical... halftime team meetings in the parking lot?

Kind of sad that the grass fields are disappearing... especially at the Bowl.
Pard4Life
August 22nd, 2015, 07:26 PM
Bigger news IMO: One temporary change will be made in time for the Harvard game Nov. 21: NBC Sports has requested a 2:30 start time and to prevent against the on-set of darkness, banks of lights will be mounted at some point before the game.
bulldog10jw
August 22nd, 2015, 09:44 PM
Bigger news IMO: One temporary change will be made in time for the Harvard game Nov. 21: NBC Sports has requested a 2:30 start time and to prevent against the on-set of darkness, banks of lights will be mounted at some point before the game.

http://www.anygivensaturday.com/showthread.php?170580-Lights-at-the-Yale-Bowl
2ram
August 25th, 2015, 02:46 PM
the nation should ditch daylight savings time to save 'the game'.
bulldog10jw
August 25th, 2015, 04:44 PM
the nation should ditch daylight savings time to save 'the game'.

NBC has a lot of nerve asking us to move into the 21st (or is it 20th) century.
Ivytalk
August 26th, 2015, 06:15 AM
NBC has a lot of nerve asking us to move into the 21st (or is it 20th) century.
Darn right, bulldog! Tradition has value! No more TV coverage of The Game. That will put the Bowl crowd back over 60K.