Amon Carter Stadium
| "Hell's Half Acre"; "The Carter" | |
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| Location | 2850 Stadium Drive Fort Worth, Texas 76129 |
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| Coordinates | 32°42′35″N 97°22′5″W / 32.70972°N 97.36806°WCoordinates: 32°42′35″N 97°22′5″W / 32.70972°N 97.36806°W |
| Owner | Texas Christian University |
| Operator | Texas Christian University |
| Capacity | 22,000 (1930–1947) 30,500 (1948–1950) 33,000 (1950–1952) 37,000 (1953–1955) 46,083 (1956–1990) 44,008 (1991–2007) 44,358 (2008–2010) 32,000 (2011) 45,000 (2012–present) |
| Record attendance | 50,307 (TCU vs. Utah, 2009) |
| Surface | Grass: 1930–1972 Astro turf: 1973–1991 Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass: 1992–present |
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| Broke ground | 1929 |
| Opened | October 11, 1930 |
| Construction cost | $164 million (2010–12 reconstruction) |
| Architect | William Jasdon HKS, Inc. (2010–12 reconstruction) |
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TCU Horned Frogs (NCAA) (1930–present) Armed Forces Bowl (NCAA) (2003–2009; 2012–present) |
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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 Horned Frogs football team. It is named after Amon G. Carter, a prominent Fort Worth businessman, newspaper publisher, and city booster. It has several popular nicknames, the most popular being "The Carter" and "Hell's Half Acre" (a reference to the site in Fort Worth's wild west past, which was located near the stadium, as well as the difficulty opposing teams have winning in the stadium).
Between 2010 and 2012 the stadium underwent a $164 million reconstruction project.
In 1923, TCU received a generous donation from Mary Couts Burnett, the widow of a wealthy and well known Texas rancher. The Burnett donation constituted the egg for TCU's endowment. One condition of the Burnett donation was that a portion of it would be used for the construction of a new library, and it was decided to build the Mary Couts Burnett Library where the school's athletic field, Clark Field, was then located.
The removal of Clark Field necessitated the construction of a new field for athletic competition, especially in the sport of football. TCU played its first season of football in 1896, and since then had built a reputation of excellence garnering national attention, and joined the Southwest Conference in 1923.
In 1928, the school received a generous gift from Amon G. Carter, publisher of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Carter asked Andrew Poyar, one of the designers of Shields-Watkins Field (now Neyland Stadium) at the University of Tennessee, to create the blueprints for the structure.
Amon Carter stadium was constructed from 1929 to 1930 with an original seating capacity of 22,000. The stadium hosted its first football game on October 11, 1930, when TCU defeated the University of Arkansas.
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