| Title |
Rice Stadium, University of Utah [2] |
| Photo Number |
B.RiceStadiumFd02n03 |
| Description |
Photo shows an aerial view of Ute Stadium in the early 1960s |
| Textual Date |
Circa 1960s |
| Subject |
Rice Stadium (Salt Lake City, Utah)--Photographs; Sports facilities--Utah--Salt Lake City--Photographs; University of Utah--Photographs |
| Spatial Coverage |
Salt Lake City (Utah) |
| Longitude |
-111.848786 |
| Latitude |
40.760111 |
| Collection Number and Name |
P0305 University of Utah Archives Photograph Collection - B. Rice Stadium |
| Additional Information |
Ute Stadium opened in 1927 with a seating capacity of 20,000. In 1947, the north end was filled in with a horseshoe of new seating. After the 1971 season, health club pioneer Robert L. Rice donated $1 million towards the stadium's first major facelift: 2,500 seats were added in the south end zone, and the bleachers were replaced with chair seats. The old grass surface was also replaced with AstroTurf. The dressing rooms were also remodeled, and the running track was removed. The renovated stadium was dedicated in Rice's honor with the start of the 1972 season. In 1982, the field was lowered 9.5 feet, and new seats were built along the sidelines and on the south end. After the 1994 season, the turf was replaced with SportGrass, a natural grass surface grown on top of a layer of artificial turf. |
| Collection Name |
U of U Rice Stadium |
| Holding Institution |
Multimedia Archives, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Genre |
black-and-white photographs |
| Original Source |
N/A |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| File Name |
B.RiceStadiumFd02n03.jpg |
| Type |
Image |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jw951c |
| Setname |
uum_uapp0305 |
| ID |
980584 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jw951c |
