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About the Stadium
October 8, 1960 |
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September 5, 1986 Indiana University's Memorial Stadium has served as a model for stadium construction since the opening game against Oregon State in 1960. And, even being over 40 years old, Memorial Stadium never has looked better. |
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June 1, 2003 A $3.5 million renovation of the Memorial Stadium press box was completed. Three hundred club seats were added below the original press box, and nine suites were added in place of the radio and television booths on the sixth and seventh floors. The suites hold up to 14 people apiece. The media and seventh floor levels were essentially completed before play in the 2002 season. The radio booths were moved down to each end of the media level and are completely sealed off from the rest of the media work area. |
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Summer 2003 The Hoosier locker room in Memorial Stadium underwent a $250,000 renovation. The facelift to the original 1986 facility included renovating and modernizing the existing space with new carpeting, lighting and a new bulkhead ceiling along with the installation of custom-built oak wood lockers for 105 football players. The renovation was funded in large part by former Hoosier quarterback Trent Green and his wife Julie. |
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Fall 2003 The Memorial Stadium field received a major renovation prior to the 2003 season. The field went from natural grass to a state-of-the-art turf surface (AstroPlay). The synthetic surface is touted as being much like grass. Turf is used in stadiums around the Big Ten, including Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Michigan. |
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| Stadium Capacity | |
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West Stand |
28,431 |
| East Stand | 18,198 |
| Stadium Club/Suites | 596 |
| South Endzone | 2,000 |
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| Total Seats | 49,225 |
| John Mellencamp Pavillion | |
| The Hoosiers have the best of both worlds with Memorial Stadium and the John Mellencamp Pavilion located right next to one another. With 100,000 feet of playing surface, Mellencamp is one of the newest and best indoor facilities in the nation. The Pavilion contains a regulation-size football field and is named after the singer, and Hoosier football fan, John Mellencamp, who provided the lead gift for the facility. |  |
IU Football Weight Room/Athletic Training |
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A staff of six full-time strength coaches assists and monitors the weight training programs which are specialized for specific sports. Student-athletes are also evaluated on body composition and their gait analysis using a research lab. IU is one of the few schools in the nation with a human performance lab on campus providing Olympic-style testing of athletes in all sports. Mark Wateska oversees the department's athletic performance program. He joined the Hoosiers in 2001 and serves as the department's Director of Athletic Performance. He came to Bloomington from Stanford and has 17 years of experience in his field. He knows the Big Ten, as he played football and served on the staff at Penn State.  A sports medicine staff of 12 full-time trainers, a team physician, a nurse practitioner and numerous graduate and student assistants keep IU student-athletes in the best shape possible.The IU training rooms are completely equipped with state-of-the-art therapeutic modalities such as Ultrasound, a full spectrum of muscle simulators, and orthic fabrication areas as well as a Biodex machine for evaluating and measuring muscle strength. The training rooms in both Assembly Hall and Memorial Stadium can accommodate up to 20 or more student-athletes rehabilitating at the same time. IU strength and conditioning also recently upgraded its Memorial Stadium facility with a $200,000 facelift that included a mixture of Nautilus, Med-Ex and Hammer Strength equipment. |
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Directions
Memorial Stadium is located at the northeast corner of 17th Street and North Dunn Street. It forms the southwest anchor of Indiana's Athletics Complex
(See the Interactive Campus Map).
