Camp Randall Stadium

• Wisconsin Badgers (NCAA ) (since 1917)

The Camp Randall Stadium is a football stadium on the campus of the University of Wisconsin -Madison in Madison, Wisconsin. It serves as the venue for home games of the college teams Wisconsin Badgers playing in the Big Ten Conference. The stadium was opened in 1917 and has a seating capacity of 80 321. It is the oldest and fourth largest stadium in the Big Ten Conference.

History

Was named the stadium because it is located on the site of Camp Randall, a former training camp of the Union Army during the Civil War. The camp was named after the then Governor Alexander W. Randall, who later became Postmaster General of the United States.

Originally, the stadium had a horseshoe shape with an opening towards the south, as well as an athletics track around the pitch. Over the years, the stadium was renovated several times and expanded. 1930 were also built against the south bleachers. In 1958, the athletics track was removed and added nearly 11,000 additional seats. Finally, an upper deck on the platform was added in 1966.

Since 1968 will be played in the stadium on artificial turf. First, the AstroTurf brand has been used since 2003 and is played on FieldTurf.

Events

The organization " Drum Corps International " used the Camp Randall Stadium as the venue for its World Championships in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1999, 2002 and 2006. There were also numerous concerts. Mention may be made about Pink Floyd (May 20, 1988, July 3, 1994 ), Genesis (9 June 1992), U2 ( September 13, 1992 and 25 June 1997) and The Rolling Stones (26 August 1994 6 October 1997).

The Green Bay Packers have been twelve friendly games at Camp Randall Stadium played, the audience has a greater capacity than their home stadium Lambeau Field.