Aggie Memorial Stadium
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| Location | Stewart St & Payne St, Las Cruces, NM 88003 |
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| Coordinates | 32°16′47″N 106°44′28″W / 32.27972°N 106.74111°WCoordinates: 32°16′47″N 106°44′28″W / 32.27972°N 106.74111°W |
| Owner | New Mexico State University |
| Operator | New Mexico State University |
| Capacity | 30,343 |
| Surface | Hybrid Bermuda Grass (1978–2013) UBU Sports Speed S5-M synthetic turf (2014–present) |
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| Broke ground | March 1977 |
| Opened | September 16, 1978 |
| Construction cost | $4 million ($14.7 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Craig Protz of Bohening-Protz Associates; Caudill Rowlett Scott of Houston, Consultants |
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| New Mexico State Aggies (NCAA) (1978–present) | |
Aggie Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The stadium is the home field of the New Mexico State Aggies of the Sun Belt Conference. The venue opened in September 1978 and the current seating capacity is 30,343. The natural grass playing field sits at an elevation of 3,980 feet (1,213 m) above sea level. NM State Aggies women's soccer also play at Aggie Memorial Stadium.
Prior to 1978, the Aggies had played on the same site since 1933. Located just to the northeast of Hadley Hall (the university's Administration building), and originally known as Quesenberry Field, the original Memorial Stadium was built over it in 1950. It was dedicated as a memorial to New Mexico A&M students who had died in World War II, World War I, and the Spanish–American War, among whom was Henry C. Gilbert Jr., whose parents were instrumental in the 10-year-long fundraising drive. Memorial Stadium, which served for 28 seasons, was replaced both due to its small size (at maximum, the seating capacity was only 12,155) and the want of an expanded athletics plant with more infrastructure and parking. (Currently Memorial Tower, which was originally part of the press box of the stadium, is the only remaining reminder of the stadium. It is now structurally incorporated into the university's Health and Social Services building and houses a memorial lounge and computer lab.)
The "new" Aggie Memorial Stadium, dedicated to alumni who had served in the Korean War and Vietnam War, was built for $4 million over a period of 18 months. It was funded by the state legislature as part of a capital project on the campus. The first home game saw the Aggies defeat rival UTEP 35–32 on September 16, 1978. 20 years (and 10 days) later, the Aggies and Miners played to the largest crowd in stadium history, with 32,993 in attendance to see the Aggies win again, 33–24.
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