War Memorial Stadium (Wyoming)
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| Full name | Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium |
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| Former names | Corbett Field |
| Location | E Grand Ave & N 22nd St Laramie, Wyoming |
| Coordinates | 41°18′43″N 105°34′05″W / 41.312°N 105.568°WCoordinates: 41°18′43″N 105°34′05″W / 41.312°N 105.568°W |
| Owner | University of Wyoming |
| Operator | University of Wyoming |
| Capacity | 29,181 |
| Record attendance | 34,745 (1997) (vs. Colorado St.) |
| Surface |
FieldTurf (2013–present) Desso turf (2005–2012) Grass (1950–2004) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | August 15, 1949 (grounds) March 1, 1950 (building) |
| Opened | September 16, 1950 |
| Renovated | 2004, 2010 |
| Expanded | 1970, 1977 |
| Construction cost | $1,533,333 (combined with Fieldhouse), (2009-2010 upgrades) $50,000,000+ |
| Architect | Porter & Bradley |
| General contractor | The Spiegelberg Lumber and Building Company |
| Tenants | |
| Wyoming Cowboys (NCAA) (1950–present) | |
Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. It is the home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference.
It is the highest Division I FBS college football stadium in the nation; the playing field sits at a lofty elevation of 7,215 feet (2,199 m) above sea level. The second and third highest Division I stadiums are Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University, in Flagstaff at just under 6,900 feet (2,100 m), and Falcon Stadium at the U.S. Air Force Academy, sitting at 6,615 feet (2,016 m) in Colorado Springs, respectively. (The highest stadium in all of college football is Mountaineer Bowl at Western State Colorado University in Gunnison, located at 7,769 feet (2,368 m).)
War Memorial Stadium was built (along with the War Memorial Fieldhouse) in the spring and summer of 1950. The stadium replaced Corbett Field, a small field opened in 1922 and located southeast of Half Acre Gym in land now used by the Business School and the student union parking lot. It originally sat 20,000 in grandstands on the east and west sides of the field. In 1970, the western upper deck, containing 5,500 seats and a new press box, was added and in 1978 the eastern press box and northern bleachers were added, bringing capacity up to 33,500. The playing field runs mostly in the traditional north-south configuration; it is slightly skewed to the northeast and southwest about 10°.
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