Bill Snyder Family Stadium
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| Former names | KSU Stadium |
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| Location | 1800 College Avenue Manhattan, KS 66502-3308 |
| Coordinates | 39°12′7″N 96°35′38″W / 39.20194°N 96.59389°WCoordinates: 39°12′7″N 96°35′38″W / 39.20194°N 96.59389°W |
| Owner | Kansas State University |
| Operator | Kansas State University |
| Capacity | 53,000 (actual capacity for all football matches), 50,000 (2006–present) 50,300 (1999–2005) 43,000 (1970–1998) 35,000 (1968–1969) |
| Record attendance | 53,811 |
| Surface | Astroturf Gameday Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | October 1, 1967 |
| Opened | 21 September 1968 |
| Renovated | 1993, 2007, 2013–2016 |
| Expanded | 1970, 1999 |
| Construction cost |
$1.6 million (original structure) ($11 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | HOK Sport (renovations) |
| Tenants | |
| Kansas State Wildcats football (1968–present) | |
Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It is used for American football, and is the home field of the Kansas State University Wildcats football team. It is named after the family of head coach Bill Snyder. Over the past 25 seasons – from 1990 through the 2015 season – K-State is 139–35–1 (.797) at home.
The stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000. After new construction in 2013 and 2015, the exterior of two sides of the stadium is built of limestone, and features towers with decorative battlements – reminiscent of the appearance of the old Memorial Stadium.
Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium opened as KSU Stadium in 1968, with a seating capacity of 35,000. It was the replacement for the on-campus Memorial Stadium, which hosted Kansas State football games since 1922 (and is still standing today). The first game played at the new stadium was on September 21, 1968 – Kansas State shut out Colorado State 21-0.
In 1970, 4,000 permanent bleacher seats were added to the east side and 3,000 temporary seats on the west side. Also that year, an AstroTurf playing field was installed in place of natural grass.
Over the next two decades, the stadium received only periodic updates. First, the original turf was replaced in 1980 with a product called Superturf, and lights were installed prior to the 1983 season (temporary light standards were brought in for the 1982 game vs. Kansas, which was nationally televised by TBS). In 1988, the south end of the stadium was partially enclosed when the new Bramlage Coliseum was completed. A large reception room inside the coliseum now overlooks the south end of the stadium. Finally, prior to the 1991 season, another new artificial playing surface was installed and the playing field was named Wagner Field for the Dave and Carol Wagner family of Dodge City, Kansas.
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