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in dollars) $125 million (renovations) | architect = Layton & Hicks〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Layton, Soloman Andrew )〕 HOK Sport/360 Architecture (renovations) | former_names = Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (1923–2002) | tenants = Oklahoma football (NCAA) (1923–present) | seating_capacity = 16,000 (1925–1928) 32,000 (1929–1948) 55,647 (1949–1956) 61,724 (1957–1962) 61,836 (1963–1974) 71,187 (1975–1979) 75,008 (1980–1983) 75,004 (1984–1997) 72,765 (1998–2002) 81,207 (2003) 82,112 (2004–present)〔 }} The Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium (also known as Owen Field or The Palace on the Prairie) is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma. The official seating capacity of the stadium, following recent renovations, is 82,112, making it the 15th largest college stadium in the United States and the second largest in the Big 12 Conference (behind Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium at the University of Texas).〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://soonerstats.com/football/stadium/index.cfm )〕 The record attendance for the stadium was set during a 2012 home game against Notre Dame, with 86,031 in attendance. The stadium is the site of Spring Commencement exercises for the university. The stadium is a horseshoe-shaped facility with its long axis oriented north/south, with the north end enclosed and the south end partially enclosed. Visitor seating is in the south end zone and the southern sections of the east side. The student seating sections are in the east stands, surrounding the 350-member Pride of Oklahoma which sits in section 29, between the 20- and 35-yard lines. The Sooners' bench was once located on the east side with the students, but the home bench was moved to the west side in the mid-1990s. ==Early history== The first game played at the current stadium site was in 1923, with the Sooners prevailing over Washington University 62–7. When 16,000 permanent seats were built on the west side of the site in 1925, the new stadium was named Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in honor of university students and personnel that died during World War I. The facility was constructed at an approximate cost of $293,000,〔 and coach Bennie Owen himself helped raise the money. To honor Owen, the playing surface was named Owen Field during the 1920s. (The stadium is popularly called Owen Field, but in actuality the field and the stadium are two separate objects with two separate names. The tongue twistingly awkward formal reference is to say that a game is played in Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium at Owen Field).〔 There are two main reasons why the stadium is not a fully enclosed "bowl" like, for example, Michigan Stadium or the Rose Bowl. First, access to the three outdoor football practice fields, which are behind the south end zone seats, would have been restricted by completely enclosing the south end of the stadium. Secondly, any enclosure would have forced the baseball field, which shared its outfield with the practice fields until 1982, to shorten its left field line considerably.〔〔See (this 1976 photo ), an aerial view of the stadium from northeast to southwest. The baseball field is clearly visible in the top left, behind the then-temporary south end zone stands.〕 More permanent seating was added, this time to the east side, in 1929. In 1949, the north end of the stadium was enclosed, the playing area was lowered six feet, and a running track was added around the field.〔 The stadium capacity when completed was 55,000 and the addition of south end bleachers in 1957 brought capacity to just under 61,836 fans.〔 AstroTurf replaced the natural grass field in 1970. The west side upper deck was added in 1975, featuring a lounge and a new press box, for a total capacity of 71,187 fans at a cost of about $5.7 million.〔 Improved south end zone seating, including new coaches' offices and training facilities, was added in 1980 and the old turf was replaced with Superturf in 1981.〔 With a few exceptions, these changes took place during or shortly after the Sooners' national championship seasons of 1950, 1955, 1956, 1974, and 1975 – all high times for Sooner sports. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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