Mountaineer Field, WVU, Morgantown, WV - College Football Stadiums on Waymarking.com

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"Mountaineer Field, in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the football stadium for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, NCAA, Bowl Sub-division football team.

The original Mountaineer Field was located on the school's downtown campus, but it could not be expanded or modernized due to the proximity of campus buildings and roads near the stadium. It seated 38,000 when it was last used in 1979. The new stadium was originally to be called Mountaineer Stadium, but the fans ignored this and called it New Mountaineer Field, with the "new" eventually falling into disuse. Mountaineer Field was constructed in 1980 on the former site of a golf course between the Law School and Medical School buildings. The stadium's original cost was $22 million. Upon completion it had a seating capacity of 50,000. The stadium was expanded in 1985 with 7,500 seats added to the south end zone for $7.5 million. In 1986, 6,000 seats were added to the north end zone for $650,000. In 2004 the existing north end zone seats were removed, and luxury suites were added at a cost of $13 million[2]. The most recent expansion actually reduced the seating capacity by 3,500, so the official current capacity is 60,000. In summer of 2007 approximately 500 seats were added in the corners of the north end zone and above the weight room in the south end zone. Although the University of South Florida plays at the larger Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the University of Pittsburgh plays at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mountaineer Field is still the largest on-campus facility in the Big East Conference. There are five banks of lights located on the perimeter of the stadium and one long bank along the top of the press box. The field surface was replaced in the summer of 2007, as the 5 year old playing surface was beginning to show signs of wear. The company that installed the 5 year old surface went out of business and was not available to maintain the worn surface. There are 12 luxury seats on the first level of the press box, 18 in the north end zone, and 648 club seats in the north end zone called "Touchdown Terrace"." from Wikipedia

To my knowledge fan tents and stores are only available on game days. All the local college books stores, Wal-Marts and Kroger stores carry WVU paraphernalia. As you can see from one of my photos, tailgating is taken seriously at WVU. Parking spots are very hard to come by and you spend big bucks to get a spot for your RV or tent. RVs park over a mile away at the WVU coliseum. We always park at my daughter’s house in down town M-town and take the PRT (Personal Rapid Transit), a one of a kind electric monorail across the campus.

The WVU mascot, the Mountaineer is selected every year from the student body. ("http://alumni.wvu.edu/traditions/mountaineer_mascot)" target="_blank">visit link) This years Mountaineer is only the second woman selected since 1937, Rebecca Durst ("http://wvutoday.wvu.edu/n/2009/03/08/7562)" target="_blank">visit link)

One graduate and one senior in our family makes the Mountaineer’s a big part of our fall the past 8 years. This game was East Carolina Univ. (ECU). All though the eer’s started out a bit rough, they came through in the end for a 35-20 victory. Let’s Go Mountaineers!!

College Team that calls this Stadium Home: Mountaineers Stadium Capacity: 60,000 Stadium Opened: 09/06/1980 Venue's Address / Team URL: [Web Link] Fan store?: Not Listed Guided Tours: Not Listed

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