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===== Marquette Stadium ===== | ===== Marquette Stadium ===== | ||
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+ | Marquette Stadium was located approximately 23 blocks West of campus, on 36th and Clybourn.The main stadium area contained 9.1 acres that was completely fenced in. The East and West stands held 10,000 people each, and with bleachers behind the end zones, the total combined capacity was approximately 24,000 people. The stadium had a regulation college football field, and a ¼ mile cinder running track. Underneath the West stands there was 16,374 square feet of space containing a boiler room, locker rooms, shower facilities, first aid station, and storage rooms. Adjacent to the main stadium were two practice fields, one with lights. | ||
- | Dismantled in the 1970s, this was home to Marquette' | + | ==== Marquette Football ==== |
- | [[http://www.marquette.edu/library/collections/ | + | The stadium |
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+ | ==== After Marquette Football ==== | ||
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+ | After Marquette Football ceased playing there a plethora of outside organizations and institutions began utilizing the stadium, including Marquette University High School Football, Northern Michigan College, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, | ||
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+ | A high school football game between Milwaukee Pulaski and Milwaukee Bay View drew a crowd of 19,500 at Marquette Stadium in 1949. The crowd is believed to be the largest ever to watch a high school football game in Wisconsin. | ||
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+ | According to university records in the early 1970's the university began to believe that the stadium "//might have outlived its usefulness or that the funds tied up in it could be put to more productive use elsewhere."// At first the university thought it would be better to sell the property. In 1971 Dunn and Stringer Realty Incorporated showed a great deal of interest in purchasing the property, but that sale did not go through. Instead the university decided to raze the stadium. In 1974 Modern Wrecking Company, Inc. of Elm Grove, Wisconsin was the low bid to raze and remove the debris of Marquette Stadium for a grand total of $58,000. The stadium was dismantled in 1978, and the site is home today to athletic facilities for Marquette University High School. | ||
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+ | ==== Other Events ==== | ||
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+ | Some of the greatest track stars of the day, including Jesse Owens, competed in a variety of prestigious meets held at Marquette Stadium | ||
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+ | ==== More Photos ==== | ||
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