Princeton University Stadium

Princeton University Stadium
Construction

Location	Princeton University Princeton, NJ 08540
Owner	Princeton University
Operator	Princeton University
Capacity	27,773
Surface	FieldTurf 2006 to present Grass 1998 to 2005
Broke ground	1997
Opened	September 19, 1998
Construction cost	$45 million ($65.3 million in 2016 dollars^[1])
Architect	Rafael Viñoly Architects^[2]
Tenants
Princeton Tigers (Football) Princeton Tigers (Soccer) 2007

Princeton Stadium

Princeton University Stadium is a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Princeton Tigers. The stadium opened in 1998 on the site of Princeton's former stadium, Palmer Stadium, and seats 27,773.

The year and a half needed to tear down Palmer Stadium and build the new field where it had stood meant that Princeton would not have an operational stadium for the 1997 season. Because of this the team was forced to play all of its games on the road.

The stadium's exterior shell mirrors the layout of Palmer Stadium, and the grandstands are four sided, with a second deck added on all sides except the south. The press box and luxury boxes are located above the west-side upper deck. One of the stadium's structural pillars houses the University's new rock-climbing wall, which opened in the fall of 2008. In addition to the stadium itself, the building project included building a track to the immediate south of the venue, which shares the stadium's south end facilities. (Previously, the track was located inside the stadium.)

Recently, FieldTurf was installed replacing the former grass surface at Princeton Stadium. This announcement was made in early 2006, and allowed the football team to complete its spring practice in the stadium. Princeton's sprint football team holds most of its practices inside the stadium, while the football team holds practices on the neighboring Campbell and Finney Fields. Since the Stadium's opening, only two Princeton Tigers have rushed for over 200 yards in a single game at home: Cameron Atkinson ran for 233 yards against Dartmouth on November 23, 2002, and all-ivy junior running back Jordan Culbreath rushed for 276 yards against Dartmouth on November 22, 2008.

Investor and 1979 alumnus William C. Powers, a former All-Ivy punter for the Tigers, made a $10 million gift to Princeton's football program, which is the largest donation ever to Princeton athletics. His donation funded a state-of-the-art playing surface for the stadium field. In honor of Powers and his family, the University will name Princeton Stadium's game field "Powers Field."

References

↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ http://www.rvapc.com/

External links

Princeton Tigers football

Venues	University Field (1876–1913) Palmer Stadium (1914–1996) Princeton University Stadium (1997–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Legacy Bowl Harvard Penn Yale

Culture & lore	First American football game (painting) 1922 Chicago game The Tiger "Princeton Cannon Song" Winged football helmet

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1869 1870 1871 1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Princeton University

Academics

Residential colleges

Eating clubs

Campus

Princetoniana

Publications

Student life

Athletics

Sports	Ivy League Princeton Tigers Men's basketball Women's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's lacrosse Rugby

Facilities	Hobey Baker Rink Bill Clarke Field Class of 1952 Stadium Dillon Gymnasium Jadwin Gymnasium University Field (defunct) Palmer Stadium (defunct) Princeton University Stadium Roberts Stadium Shea Rowing Center

Rivalries	1869 New Jersey vs. Rutgers football game 1922 Princeton vs. Chicago football game Rutgers–Princeton Cannon War

Spirit	The First Game Princeton Cannon Song Princeton University Band Winged football helmet

See Also: Princeton, New Jersey — Presidents of Princeton University

Football stadiums of the Ivy League

Brown Stadium (Brown) Wien Stadium (Columbia) Schoellkopf Field (Cornell) Memorial Field (Dartmouth) Harvard Stadium (Harvard) Franklin Field (Penn) Princeton Stadium (Princeton) Yale Bowl (Yale)

College football venues in New Jersey

Division I
FBS

Big Ten	High Point Solutions Stadium (Rutgers)

Division I
FCS

Big South	Kessler Field (Monmouth)

Ivy League	Princeton University Stadium (Princeton)

Division III

Middle Atlantic	Robert T. Shields Field (FDU-Florham)

NJAC	Richard Wackar Stadium (Rowan) Kean Alumni Stadium (Kean) Lions' Stadium (College of New Jersey) Sprague Field (Montclair State) Wightman Stadium (William Paterson)

Cochrane Stadium
MetLife Stadium

Coordinates: 40°20′45″N 74°39′00″W / 40.345755°N 74.65003°W / 40.345755; -74.65003

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