Schoellkopf Field

Schoellkopf Field

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Schoellkopf Field|

location = Campus Rd
Ithaca, NY 14850
opened = October 9, 1915
owner = Cornell University
operator = Cornell University
surface = Artificial Turf
tenants = Cornell Big Red
(Football, sprint football, lacrosse, field hockey & track and field)
seating_capacity = 25,597

Schoellkopf Field is a 25,597-capacity stadium at Cornell University's Ithaca-campus that opened in 1915 and is used for the Big Red football, sprint football, lacrosse and field hockey teams. It is located just north of Cascadilla Creek on the southern end of the campus, next to Hoy Field and Lynah Rink; Schoellkopf Memorial Hall, adjacent to the stadium, contains the Robison Hall of Fame Room, the hall of fame for Cornell athletics.

Construction of Schoellkopf Field was originally funded by a donation from Willard Straight, who made his contribution in memory of Henry Schoellkopf, a Cornell football player. Schoellkopf's family made additional contributions toward construction of the stadium. [ [http://www.cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/SchoellkopfField.asp Cornell Big Red.com] Schoellkopf facts/history accessed 10-09-2007]

During May of every year, weather permitting, Schoellkopf is the site where the commencement ceremony for Cornell's Ithaca campus is held.

It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1980 and the Drum Corps International World Championships in 1974.

Modifications

Schoellkopf's original capacity when it was completed was about 9,000, but it has been expanded and changed many times over the years. In 1924, the newly-completed "Crescent" replaced the original stands on the east side of the field, increasing seating to about 21,500. In 1947, the stadium's capacity was again increased, this time to its current capacity of 25,597, with permanent steel fixtures to the west of the field. [ [http://www.cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/SchoellkopfField.asp Cornell Big Red.com] Schoellkopf facts/history accessed 10-09-2007]

In 1971, the surface of the field was converted to "Polyturf", an artificial turf. The field has had its turf replaced by a newer type of turf in 1979, 1988, 1999, and, most recently, in 2008. During the summer of 2005, renovations on deteriorating concrete forced the university to close the Crescent, but it reopened in time for the fall football season. The newly renovated Memorial Hall at the north end of the field opened in 2006, containing improved locker rooms and training facilities. [ [http://www.cornellbigred.com/Sports/general/2007/SchoellkopfField.asp Cornell Big Red.com] Schoellkopf facts/history accessed 10-09-2007] The Hall was expanded with a 16,000-square-foot three-story wing on the hall's east side, with the varsity football locker rooms on the first floor, a new Hall of Fame Room on the second floor and a Tradition Room, where memorabilia commemorating 118 years of Cornell football will be displayed on the third floor. [http://www.cornellbigred.com/news/football/2004/8/19/081904aai.asp?path=football Retrieved 2008-07-02.] Over the summer of 2008, Cornell is replacing the current artificial turf with a FieldTurf pitch, to be completed in time for the fall season. [ [http://www.cornellbigred.com/News/football/2008/7/1/FieldTurf070108.asp?path=football FieldTurf Installation on Schoellkopf Field Continues] CornellBigRed.com accessed 07-07-2008]

External links/references

* [http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/Ivy/Cornell/index.htm NCAA Stadiums: Schoellkopf Field]
* [http://www.ivyleaguesports.com/documents/02cornellfbv.asp Summary at Ivy League official site]

succession box
title = Host of the
Drum Corps International
World Championship
years = 1974
before = Warhawk Stadium
after = Franklin Field
succession box
title = Home of the
NCAA Lacrosse Final Four
years = 1980
before = Byrd Stadium
after = Palmer Stadium


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