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NU Home Sites:
Martin Page
Created
4/10/24
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Northwestern On-Campus Home Game Venues #5:
Northwestern
found itself in a terrible predicament in early 2024, having begun the
demolition of Ryan Field I, before finalizing the football team's home
playing sites for the fall. With the Chicago pro sports teams still working
out their own schedules, NU's options were limited.
The school chose to go big and bold, and announced on April 10 that it would play "most" of its home games in 2024 and 2025 on the lakefill.
Using Martin Stadium, the field NU uses for lacrosse and soccer, as a
home base for football, NU will put temporary bleachers in place to
accommodate approximately 15,000 fans, a comically small number for a
Big Ten program, but an amazing undertaking for NU's lakefront campus,
with just a few months to go before kickoff.
In its announcement of the decision, NU noted that, "to make the
enhancements to the Martin athletics facility, the University has
partnered with InProduction, the company behind the structures used for
the NASCAR viewing area in downtown Chicago, as well as temporary
seating, staging, structures, and more for college athletics at the
University of Hawaii and Florida State." Construction is slated to
begin in summer 2024, once NU's lacrosse season is finished.
More details on the venue to come.
Venue Name: Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium ("Lakefront Stadium")
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Dates Used: Stadium opened March 8, 2016. Used for football: 2024 - 2025.
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First Football Game: Possibly August 31, 2024, vs. Miami (O)
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NU Football Record at Martin Stadium: 0-0
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Largest Crowd: Existing stadium seating had a capacity of 2,000. Football seating is expected to be 15,000.
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Turf: Currently artificial turf. For football, turf could be FieldTurf. TBD.
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Highlight Game(s): n/a
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