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Title

To match the convention of the titles of other stadiums, this page should be renamed Memorial Stadium (Lincoln). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjk5025 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Photo

Although the front view of Memorial Stadium is impressive, it really does not capture the feel of how massive the stadium is. If anyone could provide a better photo, I would be appreciative.

--Cornhusker1225 13:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC)[reply]

done. I just took one last week and I'll swap it in shortly (moving the current photo to another spot in the article). --Bobak 23:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

incorrect capacity

The capacity listed on the Memorial Stadium article is from before the recent addition. It is now closer to 85,000. 65.30.58.132 (talk) 18:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The listed capacity following the North Stadium expansion is 81,067. The actual reported attendance is typically in the 85,000 range. The reported attendance includes event staff, players, media members, etc. I edited the listed capacity section of the article for the 2013 expansion down from 90,000+ to 86,000+. 5,000 to 6,000 seats are being added. This edit brings the future expansion capacity numbers in-line with the existing/past capacity figures listed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 23:02, 4 April 2011 (UTC) There are absolutely no sources suggesting that Memorial Stadium's capacity will be the currently stated 86,000. Despite the aforementioned calculations, endless sources (indeed, those produced by the University itself) state that capacity will be 90,000+. Thus, this page should accurately portray current sources and not ill conceived personal calculations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.219.85.10 (talk) 02:58, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Yes there is, and it is now linked to the main article. "With the expansion, the stadium will have a seating capacity of more than 86,000, with the ability to hold more than 90,000." http://www.omaha.com/article/20101008/NEWS/310079708#plan-means-more-seats-by-2013 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 21:09, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Capacity/city comparison

A bit of an "edit war" brewing, although I'm sure a good faith one. Let's move the discussion here and see what builds.

Last night I entered a line that stated when filled to capacity, the stadium would have more population than the third largest city in the state. Not a direct quote, but something that I felt helped to show the size of the stadium compared to its location. It's been reverted, another user replaced, and reverted again.

Arugments given for the statement not being included are:

Stadium is not a city and is not counted as one by the USCB
not notable, statement could be made with any stadium and state

Arguemnt in favor of the statement:

the statement doesn't claim it's a city, it's merely making an interesting comparison that is common for large stadia

As the original poster, I'd like to address these issues. 1) Of course the stadium is not a city, but its sheer size in population is significant and worth considering. Obviously the article calls for the capacity to be listed. I believe it is relevant to compare the capacity of the city to its surrounding population, and that is one of the things that makes the stadium so unique. 2) Just for grins, I will run some comparisons! Stand by...--Paul McDonald (talk) 16:46, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... and here are the results of my informal survey:

Stadium (state)	Capacity	Populaiton Rank in state if were a city
Kinnick Stadium (Iowa)	70.585	5
Folsom Field (Colorado)	53,750	17
Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa)	55,000	10
Bill Snyder Family (Kansas)	52,200	9
Faurot Field (Missouri)	70,004	9
Gaylord Family (Oklahoma)	82,112	6
Darrel Royal (Texas)	100,119	25
War Memorial (Wyoming)	32,580	3

Looks to me like "any other" would be "Wyoming" -- which is a much smaller stadium. I think its unique enough to be included.--Paul McDonald (talk) 17:00, 4 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect, this factoid stems as much from the fact that Nebraska is a largely rural state with few major centers of population than the fact that this stadium is pretty big. Look at UT's stadium listed above: much bigger stadium, but it only rates 25th in its state. A much more significant fact, already listed in the article, is the impressive string of sellouts. Many college teams often do not sellout those early season non-conference games against podunk state. 173.30.150.15 (talk) 14:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)[reply]

2013 Expansion Capacity

Adding approximately 6,000 seats to a stadium with a capacity of 81,067 doesn't give you 90,000 or 91,000+. I realize some sources including the Omaha World-Herald have reported 90,000+, but 81+6 only equals 87. Sources reporting 90,000+ are confusing reported capacity for actual attendance. In Nebraska's case reported attendance is typically 4,000+ higher than the listed capacity. Actual attendance with the expansion will be 90,000+. That said, the numbers from previous expansions in this article are reported as listed capacity and as such the 87,000+ figure is more accurate to report than 90,000+ for capacity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 23:08, 28 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

With all due respect: There are absolutely no sources suggesting that Memorial Stadium's capacity will be the currently stated 86,000. Despite the aforementioned calculations, endless sources (indeed, those produced by the University itself) state that capacity will be 90,000+. Thus, this page should accurately portray current sources and not ill conceived personal calculations. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.219.85.10 (talk) 03:00, 20 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

"Ill perceived calculations"? It is called basic logic. Listen I understand one side of the argument is sourced. This is from a 3/11/11 AP article. "A proposal approved by university regents adds 1,000 seats to the expansion first announced in October and will bring the 87-year-old stadium's capacity to about 91,000 fans, said John Ingram, assistant athletic director for capital planning. The original plan called for the addition of 5,000 seats to the east side of the stadium." http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/story?id=6207665

There are two ways of looking at this. A) Nebraska is expanding stadium capacity to 91,000 fans. This logic has the following consequences. 1) Nebraska is adding 10,000 seats and 2) Reported attendance will be in the range of 95,000. Adding 10,000 seats directly contradicts every source stating that approximately 6,000 seats are being added and no one is talking about 95,000 for attendance. The other way of looking at this is B) Nebraska is expanding their stadium capacity by approximately 6,000 seats as reported. As a result 1) Actual reported attendance will be approximately 91,000 2) Adding approximately 6,000 seats to a stadium with 81,067 seats gives you a listed capacity of 87,000+. This second way of looking at it explains both the 91,000 and 6,000. The way this article is set up, if you report the 91,000 listed capacity comments you are saying they are adding 10,000 seats. Ingram used the word capacity in the total capacity sense, not the listed capacity (how many seats are in the stadium). The latter is what every other number in this article other than the record attendance figure uses. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 18:26, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Article updated to include existing article source that broke down the original approximately 5,000 seat addition, thus capacity to 86,000 and reported attendance at 90,000. Since then plans were revised upward by approximately 1,000, thus an estimated 2013 capacity of 87,000+. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 21:12, 21 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Looks like the seating capacity is ~ 87,000 following the expansion. With standing room areas added in, the total capacity is ~ 92,000. Patken4 (talk) 20:44, 27 August 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

There is a move discussion in progress on Talk:Memorial Stadium, Clemson which affects this page. Please participate on that page and not in this talk page section. Thank you. —RMCD bot 19:14, 30 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]