TCU HORNED FROGS - Fort Worth, Texas
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N 32° 42.578 W 097° 22.084
14S E 652954 N 3620274
TCU football stadium in Fort Worth, Texas.
Waymark Code: WM74BK
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/31/2009
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Telomere
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Amon G. Carter Stadium is an open-air football stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. It is the home stadium of the TCU football team, the Horned Frogs.

The stadium was opened in 1930, with a seating capacity of 22,000. It was built to replace Clark Field. Dedication of the stadium was on October 11, 1930. TCU defeated the University of Arkansas, 40-0. Several different expansions of stadium's end zone and east grand stands took place in the 1940s and 1950s. The first of which took place in 1948, with construction raising the capacity by 8,500 to 30,500. In 1951 and 1953, 2,500 and 4,000 more seats were added to the sections giving the facility 37,000 seats. A two-level press box was added to the structure in 1956.

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