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Neale Stadium was an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, located in Moscow, Idaho, on the west end of the campus of the University of Idaho. Opened in 1937 for college football (and track),〔 it was used for over three decades, through the 1968 football season. Its replacement, the Kibbie Dome, currently occupies the same site. ==History== Neale Stadium was the home field for the Idaho Vandals of the Pacific Coast Conference (and later the Big Sky) from 1937 through 1968. In addition to football it was also used for track and field events. Approval for the stadium was granted by the board of regents in August 1936,〔〔 and it was named for Mervin G. Neale, the university's president from 1930 to 1937. The first game in Neale Stadium was the season-opener in 1937, a 7-6 upset win over Oregon State on September 25. Neale Stadium was an earthen horseshoe bowl, opening to the east toward campus. The wooden grandstands were along the sidelines only, with approximately 30 rows of bench seating. The unlit stadium included the quarter-mile (402 m) cinder running track, and the white wooden scoreboard was located at the west end, on the rim of the unseated bowl. ((photo )) The Kibbie Dome currently occupies the site in the same east-west configuration, unorthodox for football. There were no locker room facilities at the venue, the teams dressed in the Memorial Gymnasium well to the east. Locker rooms were finally installed in 1982, with the East End Addition to the Kibbie Dome. The press box was above the south sideline's grandstand and the elevation of the playing field was above sea level. Before Neale Stadium, football was played at MacLean Field, the large athletic field between the Mem Gym and the Shattuck Arboretum, behind (west of) the Administration Building. It was named for James Alexander MacLean, the university president from 1900 to 1913.〔( lib.uidaho.edu ) - campus buildings - M - accessed 2012-03-29〕 The baseball infield was originally in the southwest corner, with the football field set north-south, in the outfield. When Neale Stadium opened, the baseball infield was moved to the northeast corner of MacLean, on the site of the current College of Education building.〔 The primary spectator area was on the slope along the east sideline (later the third base line). ((1921 photo ) - Idaho 6-0 over 9th Army Corps on 03-Dec)〔(college football data warehouse ) - Idaho opponents - 1920-24〕 - ((campus photo - circa 1940 )) Prior to 1914, the football stadium was off-campus at the north end of Moscow, at the southwest corner of Main and "E" Streets.〔(Google Maps ) - Moscow, Idaho, USA - N. Main St. and "E" St. - accessed 2012-04-16〕〔(University of Idaho Library ) - digital collections - drawing by Augustus Koch - Bird's eye view of Moscow, 1897 - accessed 2012-04-16〕〔(University of Idaho Library ) - digital collections - WSC @ UI - 1905-11-10 - accessed 2012-04-16〕〔(University of Idaho Library ) - digital collections - WSC @ UI - 1913-10-17 - accessed 2012-04-16〕 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「Neale Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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