Sun Devil Stadium, Frank Kush Field - ASU - Tempe Arizona
N 33° 25.586 W 111° 55.952
12S E 413306 N 3698951
Quick Description: Nestled between two hills this outdoor stadium hosts home football games of the PAC10 Arizona State Sun Devils as well as the Insight Bowl.
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 8/30/2009 4:10:54 PM
Waymark Code: WM7478
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Long Description:This stadium has hosted college football games since 1958. Former
home of the Fiesta Bowl for 34 years it held two National
Championship games, one in 1998 and the other in 2002. It has been
the location of the Insight Bowl since 2006.
Sun Devil stadium was the home field for the Arizona Cardinals
pro-Football team from 1988 to 2005 and held the Superbowl XXX in
1996. It also was the home field of both the the Arizona Wranglers
and the Arizona Outlaws, two USFL professional teams.
Number 42 is significant to Sun Devil Stadium as it is the
retired jersey number of Pat Tillman. Tillman was a star of the
defense of the Arizona State Sun Devils and a fan favorite during
his tenure at ASU. Drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in 1998 he was
named to the 2000 NFL All Pro team.
Eight months after the 2001 attack Tillman turned down a
contract offer of $3.6 million over three years from the Cardinals
to enlist in the U.S. Army and was subsequently redeployed to
Afghanistan. On April 22, 2004, he was killed in a friendly fire
incident while on patrol.
Sun Devil Stadium's original construction cost of $1 million
brought 30,000 seats for fans to cheer on their team. Several
additions and upgrades have brought the available seat count to up
to 76,000 with expansion bleachers.
Sun Devil stadium has also been the locations of many concerts
such as U2. In 1987 Pope John Paul II held mass for 75,000 people
and in 2009 President Barack Obama delivered the graduation
commencement for Arizona State University in front of a crowd of
63,000.
In 1996 the football field was named in honor of ASU football
coaching great Frank Kush. Kush's coaching brought home 9 WAC
conference titles as well as 4 Fiesta Bowl and one Peach Bowl
victory. Kush was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame
in 1995.
Coordinates above are dead center of the field on the 50 yard
line.