Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 278, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1917 — NEW STADIUM SEATS 11,900 [ARTICLE]

NEW STADIUM SEATS 11,900

Wisconsin Field Has Decided Advantage in That Main Axis Has Been Carefully Prepared. The new football field and stadium at the University of Wisconsin, with a total of 11,900 seats, of which 5,800 are concrete, was used for the first time this fall! The new field has a decided advantage over the old field in that the main axis Is on a north and south line, and It has been carefully prepared, so that It is now one of the best football fields in the conference. That part of the stadium now under construction will ultimately have a capacity of 10,000 seatJ. At present there are some 5,000 concrete seats, bullton an earth embankment, and about 300 seats for “W” men in front of the railing. Back of the concrete portion wooden seats for 3,000 persons are being erected, making a total of more than 8,000 seats available this fall on the west embankment. The old wooden bleachers which have been moved to the east side of the new field accommodate 1,680 persons, and the covered grandstand, which is now being moved, holds about 1,200. • The basket-ball bleachers, seating 1,116, may also be placed on the west embankment If further seats aye required, the baseball bleachers -will be made available. The 1915 legislature appropriated $20,000 for the stadium and the 1917 legislature added SIO,OOO. Of this, about $8,500 was spent in preparing the field and grading the hill, for the concrete seats. The present structure is the Initial part of ah ultimate plan for a stadium of sufficient capacity for the needs of the athletic field.