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in dollars) | architect = Charles A. Ferry (Class of 1871) | former_names = | tenants = Yale Bulldogs (NCAA) (1914–present) New York Giants (NFL) (1973 –1974) Connecticut Bicentennials (NASL) (1976–1977) | seating_capacity = 61,446 (2006–present) 64,246 (1994–2005) 70,896 (1914–1993) }} The Yale Bowl is a football stadium in New Haven, Connecticut on the border of West Haven, about west of the main campus of Yale University. The home of the Yale Bulldogs football team, it was built in 1913-14 with 70,896 seats; renovations have since reduced its capacity to 61,446. The Yale Bowl is currently the largest university-owned stadium by capacity in the second tier of college football, NCAA Division I FCS. (Tennessee State University rents the larger off-campus Nissan Stadium used by the NFL's Tennessee Titans). The Yale Bowl inspired the design and naming of the Rose Bowl, from which is derived the name of college football's post-season games ("bowl games") and the NFL's "Super Bowl". In 1973 and 1974, it hosted the New York Giants of the National Football League while Yankee Stadium was being renovated and Giants Stadium was under construction.〔The Giants won just one of the dozen home games they played in New Haven in those two seasons.〕 == Construction == Ground was broken on the stadium in August 1913. Fill excavated from the field area was used to build up a berm around the perimeter to create an elliptical bowl. The façade was designed to partially echo the campus's Neo-Gothic design, and, as with some central campus buildings, acid was applied to imitate the effects of aging. It was the first bowl-shaped stadium in the country, and inspired the design of such stadiums as the Rose Bowl, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, and Michigan Stadium. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1987 for its role in the history of American football.〔〔 and (''Accompanying aerial photo, from 1985'' )〕 The Yale Bowl's designer, Charles A. Ferry, for unknown reasons chose to not include locker rooms. Players must dress in the Smilow Field Center and walk 200 yard to the stadium; when the New York Giants of the National Football League played at the Yale Bowl in 1973 and 1974, its players disliked the arrangement. Yale players reportedly enjoy the walk, however; fans cheer the team as it marches to the stadium while the Yale Band plays. By the 21st century, many of the outside retaining walls and portal entries were deteriorating. In the spring and summer of 2006, the bowl received a partial renovation, completed just in time for the first home game of the Yale football team's season on September 16. A previous scoreboard (notable for the time clock being arranged vertically instead of horizontally) was added in 1958 and replaced during the 2006 renovations. 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「Yale Bowl」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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