Jack Trice Stadium
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| Former names | Cyclone Stadium (1975-1995) Cyclone Stadium / Jack Trice Field (1995-2000) |
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| Location | 1798 S 4th St, Ames, Iowa 50010 |
| Coordinates | 42°0′51″N 93°38′9″W / 42.01417°N 93.63583°WCoordinates: 42°0′51″N 93°38′9″W / 42.01417°N 93.63583°W |
| Broke ground | October 26, 1973 |
| Opened | September 20, 1975 |
| Owner | Iowa State University |
| Operator | Iowa State University |
| Surface | Grass |
| Construction cost | $7.6 million |
| Capacity | 55,000 (largest crowd 56,795) |
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| Iowa State Cyclones (NCAA) (1975-present) | |
Jack Trice Stadium (formerly Jack Trice Field at Cyclone Stadium) is a stadium in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Cyclones. It opened on September 20, 1975 (with a win against Air Force) and is the newest stadium in the Big XII. With hillside tickets, Jack Trice Stadium can hold 55,000 people. The current record for single-game attendance, 56,795, was set on September 8, 2007 when the Cyclones played Northern Iowa.
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[edit] Description
The stadium consists of double-decked bowed grandstands running the length of either sideline, as well as endzone bleachers in the south endzone. The Richard O. Jacobsen Athletic Center, an athletic center and field house completed in 1996, is located in the north endzone. The field is slightly lower than the surrounding ground, which was also built up so that there is only a single main concourse each for the grandstands. The $6.2 million, three level press box was completed in 1997, and permanent lighting and a new video/scoreboard in the south endzone were added in 2002. The stadium is part of the Iowa State Center, a sports, entertainment and continuing education complex located to the southeast of the school's main campus. North of the facility is Hilton Coliseum where anything from basketball games, wrestling matches, volleyball games to concerts take place.
[edit] Jack Trice
In 1984, the stadium's playing field was named in honor of Jack Trice, ISU's first African American athlete and the school's first athletics-related fatality. The entire facility, up to that time known as Cyclone Stadium, was renamed to Jack Trice Stadium in 1997, making it the only one in Division I-A named for an African American individual.[1]
[edit] Construction
[edit] Initial construction
Jack Trice Stadium was completed in less than two years, from its ground breaking on Oct. 26, 1973 to the first game, a victory over Air Force on Sept. 20, 1975. In late 1973 and spring of 1974, heavy earth-moving equipment shaped the embankments. A huge, movable form shaped the lower decks with thousands of cubic yards of concrete. Originally, the stadium had a capacity of 42,500.
[edit] Previous expansions and renovations
1976
In 1976, bleachers were constructed in the end zones to increase the stadium's capacity to more than 46,000 (50,000 with standing room tickets). Before then, all the seating was in the grandstands on the sidelines.
1995-1997
The stadium complex was transformed in 1995-96 with the construction of the state-of-the-art 10.6 million Richard O. Jacobson Athletic Building, in the north end-zone of Jack Trice Stadium. The Jacobson Building is the home of Cyclone athletics containing all sport and administrative offices except men's and women's basketball and volleyball. The Ralph A. Olsen Building was also renovated at that time and it sits attached to the north end of the Jacobson Athletic Building. The Olsen Building, named in honor of prominent Ellsworth, Iowa farmer and ISU alumnus, houses the strength and conditioning facilities, the team meeting rooms, and the locker rooms.
In 1996, an natural grass field and new drainage system made its debuted, the field was astro turf before. In 1997, the $6.2 million, three-level press tower located on the west side was added to Jack Trice Stadium. The new press tower includes press and radio-television levels and nine sky box suites. [2]
2002
The football atmosphere at Jack Trice Stadium was enhanced with the installation of a new million dollar videoboard and scoreboard which replace its black and white predecessor. Permanent lighting was also added to the side of the stadium for the 2002 season at a cost of $500,000. Since then, ISU has played twice as many home night games as they did the previous 30 years.[3]
2007-current
Between the 2007 and 2009 football seasons, Jack Trice received its largest renovation project to date. With the completion of $30 million in renovations, the the stadium has 22 new suites, a new wider concourses with new concessions and bathrooms on the east and west side, a new club section, improved disability seating, new fencing and gates, a new plaza near the main entrance, and many preservative renovations throughout the stadium.
The changes to suites also includes the expansion of two existing suites on the west side of the stadium and the installation of operable windows in all of the current suites. Funding for these renovations came completely from the sale of stadium suites, club seats, increased ticket revenues and fund raising.
Richard O. "Dick" Jacobson donated $5 million to ISU athletics in 2008, for the purpose of continuing renovations to Jack Trice Stadium. There will be a Jacobson Plaza constructed near the stadiums main entrance in his honor. This donation was the largest donation ever made to ISU athletics.[4]
[edit] Future expansion
On May 1, 2008, ISU Athletic Department was given permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to continue planning and fund raising for the Jack Trice Expansion. Iowa State Athletics will once more have to get permission from the Iowa Board of Regents before the construction of the final phase can be completed, the south end-zone.
This final addition will include enclosing the south end zone, which will include an upper deck, and connecting the east side concourse to the west side concourse. Originally, the south end-zone project was scheduled to be completed at the same time as the east concourse; however, funding has not yet been secured for the south end-zone expansion which is estimated at $55 million, so the two projects are now being completed separately.[5]
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[edit] External links
- Iowa State Cyclones
- Iowa State Cyclones
- ISU updated Facility Master Plan
- ISU Facility Master Plan
- Jacobson Donates $5 million for Jack Trice renovations
[edit] References
- ^ ISU only I-A school to honor African-American in stadium name
- ^ "Jack Trice Stadium". Iowa State University. 2006. http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46691&SPID=4256&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=541499.
- ^ "Iowa State Football Media Guide". Iowa State University. 2008. http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1524640&KEY=&DB_OEM_ID=10700&DB_LANG=&IN_SUBSCRIBER_CONTENT=. Retrieved on 04/02/09.
- ^ "Jacobson makes $5 million gift to athletics". Iowa State University. 2008. http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1589073.
- ^ "Regents Approve Continued Facilities Planning". Iowa State University. 2008. http://www.cyclones.com/ViewArticle.dbml?&DB_OEM_ID=10700&ATCLID=1446895&SPID=4256&SPSID=46688.
