Friday, October 16, 2015

Best Big Ten Stadiums-- Part 2: The Bottom Experiences

14.  PURDUE--  Ross-Ade Stadium (57,236)  Poor performance on the field leads to poor attendance.  Last among Big Ten teams with 35,269 per game while suffering a 3-9 2014 season for the Boilermakers.

13.  INDIANA--  Memorial Stadium (52,929)  Fans have dubbed it "the Rock" in honor of the Indiana limestone boulder the late Terry Hoeppner had installed in the north end zone.  A big challenge for the Hoosiers is to get fans to go to their seats instead of hanging out at the tailgates.  Maybe get Indiana's John Mellancamp to start performing for the games.

12.  RUTGERS--  High Point Solutions Stadium (52,454)  Thumbs down for a mouthful of a corporate name.  The stadium is not on campus either.  In first Big ten season, though, the Scarlet Knights drew 50,632 per game  Improvements are planned.

11.  ILLINOIS--  Memorial Stadium. (60,670)  The addition of the Grange Grove tailgating area has helped and a high definition video has been added, but the Illini still fail to draw fans, partly because of poor field performance of late.  Ranked above only Northwestern and Purdue in home attendance with 41,549.

10.  MARYLAND--  Byrd Stadium (51,802)Attendance is below capacity for terrapin games, but an upgrade in 2009 added 64 suites and 440 new mezzanine seats.  Students have proposed a name change because former university president for whom the stadium was named, was a segregationist.

Hep, One, Hup Two.  --DaCoot

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