Rutgers Stadium
| The Birthplace of College Football | |
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| Former names | Rutgers Stadium (1994–2011) |
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| Location | 1 Scarlet Knight Way Piscataway, NJ 08854 |
| Coordinates | 40°30′49″N 74°27′55″W / 40.51361°N 74.46528°WCoordinates: 40°30′49″N 74°27′55″W / 40.51361°N 74.46528°W |
| Owner | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| Operator | Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey |
| Capacity | 41,500 (1994-2009) 52,454 (2009-present) |
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FieldTurf (2004–present) Natural grass (1994–2003) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 9, 1993 |
| Opened | September 3, 1994 |
| Construction cost | $28 million ($45.2 million in 2017 dollars) $102 million expansion |
| Architect | GSGSBH |
| General contractor | Terminal Construction Company |
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Rutgers Scarlet Knights (NCAA) Football (1994-present) Men's Lacrosse (2014-Present) Women's Lacrosse (2014-Present) |
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High Point Solutions Stadium is the football stadium at Rutgers University in Piscataway, New Jersey. It is located on the Busch Campus at Rutgers, and overlooks the Raritan River to the South. The stadium was opened as Rutgers Stadium on September 3, 1994, when the Rutgers Scarlet Knights hosted the Kent State University Golden Flashes. It currently seats 52,454 spectators after a 2009 expansion.
High Point Solutions Stadium underwent significant reconstruction from 2008 to 2009 to increase its capacity to 52,454. The stadium features two 5,000-seat upper decks on each side of the playing field, as well as 968 loge and club seats on the mezzanine level of the East side of the stadium. A two-story press box sits on the mezzanine level of the West side of the stadium. Electronic ribbon scoreboards spanning the length of the field along the bottom of both upper decks were installed prior to the 2008 season, which complement the video scoreboard in the South end zone. Also located in the South end zone is the Brown Football Recruiting Pavilion and Welcome Center, part of the 2008-2009 expansion project.
The stadium also features light stanchions that allow for night games, a cannon for firing when Rutgers scores, concessions, and restrooms. Until 2004, the field maintained a grass surface, but has since been replaced with Field Turf.
The first intercollegiate football game, in which Rutgers beat Princeton 6–4 on November 6, 1869, was played at College Field, which is now the location of the College Avenue Gymnasium and its parking lot. From 1891 to 1938, the Rutgers football team played at Neilson Field on the College Avenue Campus in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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