Everything about Arizona Stadium totally explained
Arizona Stadium is an outdoor
football stadium on the campus of the
University of Arizona in
Tucson, Arizona. It is the home field of the
Arizona Wildcats of the
Pacific-10 Conference, and its current seating capacity is 57,803.
Located in central
Tucson, the stadium has been home to Wildcat
football since
1928. Initially, stadium capacity was just 7,000, with seating located on the stadium's west side. Arizona's first game at the facility was
October 12, 1929 when the Wildcats defeated
Caltech 35-0. Capacity was raised to 10,000 in
1938 when seats were constructed on the east side of the stadium. Additional seating was added to both end zones in
1947. This added an additional 4,000 seats.
In
1950, a
horseshoe configuration was constructed around the south end zone resulting in the addition of almost 8,700 seats. A multi-level press box and 10,000 seats were added to the west grandstand in
1965. The east side of the stadium received a second tier, consisting of 17,000 seats, in
1976, as the Wildcats prepared to leave the
WAC for the
Pac-8 in
1978.
In
1981, the track team moved out and the track was removed. Permanent seating was placed at the north end of the end zone in
1988. Following the 1988 season, a new press box with luxury sky boxes replaced the aging structure built more than two decades earlier. Prior to the
1999 season, a new state-of-the-art scoreboard was installed complete with video monitor.
The football field runs in the traditional north-south configuration and the natural grass playing field sits at an elevation of 2430 feet (740 m)
above sea level.
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In addition to hosting football games, the stadium also includes two dormitories, Pinal and Navajo, in the South stands, and Sierra Hall, which today is home to offices for the music department and Residence Life, located in the west stands.
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