Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium
"The Jack"
Jack Trice Stadium, daytime.jpg
Former names Cyclone Stadium / Jack Trice Field (1975–1997)
Location 1798 South 4th Street
Ames, Iowa 50010
Coordinates 42°0′51″N 93°38′9″W / 42.01417°N 93.63583°W / 42.01417; -93.63583Coordinates: 42°0′51″N 93°38′9″W / 42.01417°N 93.63583°W / 42.01417; -93.63583
Broke ground October 26, 1973
Opened September 20, 1975
Renovated 1997, 2007
Expanded 1976, 1997, 2007
Owner Iowa State University
Operator Iowa State University
Surface Grass 1996 to present
Astroturf 1975 to 1995
Construction cost $7.6 million
($31 million in 2011 dollars[1])
Architect Finch-Heery & DDDKG Architects[2]
RDG Planning & Designing (renovations)
General Contractor Huber, Hunt & Nichols[2]
Capacity 42,500 (1975)
48,000 (1976-1989)
43,000 (1990-1996)
45,816 (1997-2006)
55,000 (2007-present)
Record attendance 56,795
Tenants
Iowa State Cyclones (NCAA) (1975–present)

Jack Trice Stadium (originally Cyclone Stadium and formally Jack Trice Field) is a stadium, in Ames, Iowa, United States. It opened on September 20, 1975 (with a win against Air Force) making it the newest stadium in the Big 12 Conference. Including hillside seats in the corners of the stadium, the facility can hold approximately 55,000 spectators.

The current record for single-game attendance, 56,795, was set on September 8, 2007 when the Cyclones hosted Northern Iowa.

It is primarily used for college football, and is the home field of the Iowa State Cyclones.

Contents

Description

The stadium consists of double-decked grandstands running the length of either sideline, as well as a set of bleachers in the south end zone. The Richard O. Jacobson Athletic Building, an athletic center built in 1996, is located in the north end zone. The field itself is slightly lower than the surrounding ground. There is a single main concourse for each of the grandstands. A three-level press box on the west side of the stadium was added to the stadium in 1997 for a cost of $6.2 million. Permanent lighting and a large video/scoreboard behind the bleachers in the south end zone were added in 2002. Later in 2010-2011 a second video/scoreboard was added on the north side. At triple the size of the previous scoreboard, it satnds over the Jacobson Athletic Building. The stadium is part of the Iowa State Center, a sports, entertainment and continuing education complex located to the southeast of the university's main campus. North of the stadium is Hilton Coliseum, home to Iowa State Cyclones basketball, wrestling, volleyball and gymnastics teams, as well as other events such as music festivals, rock concerts and university commencement ceremonies.

Jack Trice

Jack Trice Stadium with statue of Jack Trice in the center of photo, also note the Jacobson and Olsen Building in foreground

In 1975, the stadium's playing field was named in honor of Jack Trice, Iowa State's first African American athlete and the school's first athlete to die of injuries sustained during a Cyclone athletic competition. Until 1997, the facility itself was known as Cyclone Stadium. Because of persistent requests by the students, the facility was renamed Jack Trice Stadium, making it the only one in Division I-A named for an African American individual.[3]

Construction

Initial construction

Jack Trice Stadium was completed in less than two years, from its ground breaking on Oct. 26, 1973 to the first game, a victory over Air Force on Sept. 20, 1975. In late 1973 and spring of 1974, heavy earth-moving equipment shaped the embankments. A huge, movable form shaped the lower decks with thousands of cubic yards of concrete. Originally, the stadium had a capacity of 42,500.

Previous expansions and renovations

1976
In 1976, bleachers were constructed in the end zones to increase the stadium's capacity to more than 46,000 (50,000 with standing room tickets). Before then, all the seating was in the grandstands on the sidelines.

1995-1997
The stadium complex was transformed in 1995-96 with the construction of the state-of-the-art 10.6 million Richard O. Jacobson Athletic Building, in the north end-zone of Jack Trice Stadium. The Jacobson Building is the home of Cyclone athletics containing all sport and administrative offices except men's and women's basketball and volleyball. The Ralph A. Olsen Building was also renovated at that time and it sits attached to the north end of the Jacobson Athletic Building. The Olsen Building, named in honor of prominent Ellsworth, Iowa farmer and ISU alumnus, houses the strength and conditioning facilities, the team meeting rooms, and the locker rooms.

In 1996, a natural grass field and new drainage system made its debut, the field had been AstroTurf since 1975. In 1997, the $6.2 million, three-level press tower located on the west side was added to Jack Trice Stadium. The new press tower includes press and radio-television levels and nine sky box suites. [4]

2002
The football atmosphere at Jack Trice Stadium was enhanced with the installation of a new million dollar videoboard and scoreboard which replace its black and white predecessor. Permanent lighting was also added to the side of the stadium for the 2002 season at a cost of $500,000. Since then, ISU has played twice as many home night games as they did the previous 30 years.[5]

Newly renovated Jack Trice Stadium with new suites between the first and second deck

2007-2009
Between the 2007 and 2009 football seasons, Jack Trice received its largest renovation project to date. With the completion of $30 million in renovations, the stadium has 22 new suites, a new wider concourses with new concessions and bathrooms on the east and west side, a new club section, improved disability seating, new fencing and gates, a new plaza near the main entrance, and many preservative renovations throughout the stadium.

The changes to suites also includes the expansion of two existing suites on the west side of the stadium and the installation of operable windows in all of the current suites. Funding for these renovations came completely from the sale of stadium suites, club seats, increased ticket revenues and fund raising.

Richard O. "Dick" Jacobson donated $5 million to ISU athletics in 2008, for the purpose of continuing renovations to Jack Trice Stadium. There will be a Jacobson Plaza constructed near the stadiums main entrance in his honor. This donation was the largest donation ever made to ISU athletics.[6]

2011

A new video/scoreboard was installed on the north end of Jack Trice Stadium. The new video board is one of the top 15 largest used in a college football stadium. The screen measures 36 feet high and 79.5 feet wide and will has a resolution of 720 x 1,584. The new video board was completed for the 2011 football season.[7]

Future expansion

Rendering of Jack Trice South End Zone expansion

On May 1, 2008, ISU Athletic Department was given permission from the Iowa Board of Regents to continue planning and fund raising for the Jack Trice Expansion. Iowa State Athletics will once more have to get permission from the Iowa Board of Regents before the construction of the final phase can be completed, the south end-zone.

This final addition will include enclosing the south end zone, which will include an upper deck, and connecting the east side concourse to the west side concourse. Originally, the south end-zone project was scheduled to be completed at the same time as the east concourse; however, funding has not yet been secured for the south end-zone expansion which is estimated at $55 million, so the two projects are now being completed separately.[8]

On a call in show, ISU athletic director stated that more facility improvements will be continuing over the next few years. Iowa State's head football coach Paul Rhoads has also made similar comments although there has been no official release. It is believed that the university will be building a new training facility and office building next to the current one starting next year (2012) and that work on the South end zone expansion will begin in 2013.

Largest Crowds

Listed are the top ten largest crowds in the stadium's history:

  • 1. 56,795 September 8, 2007 vs Northern Iowa
  • 2. 56,390 October 1, 2011 vs #17 Texas
  • 3. 56,085 September 10, 2011 vs Iowa
  • 4. 55,518 October 1, 2005 vs Northern Iowa
  • 5. 55,338 October 7, 2006 vs #22 Nebraska
  • 6. 54,672 September 1, 2011 vs Northern Iowa
  • 7. 54,475 October 27, 1990 vs #4 Nebraska
  • 8. 54,290 September 10, 2005 vs #8 Iowa
  • 9. 54,469 September 14, 1991 vs #14 Iowa
  • 10. 53,488 September 13, 2003 vs #19 Iowa

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