Rice Stadium

Coordenadas: 29° 42' 59" N 95° 24' 33" O

Rice Stadium

Nome	Rice Stadium
Características
Local	Houston, Texas
Gramado	Grama natural (1950-1969) Grama sintética (1970-presente)
Capacidade	50.000 (expandido para 70.000) ^[1]
Construção
Data	Fevereiro de 1950
Inauguração
Data	30 de setembro de 1950 (73 anos)
Proprietário	Rice University
Administrador	Rice University
Arquiteto	Rice Owls (NCAA) (1950–presente) Houston Cougars (NCAA) (1951–1964) Houston Oilers (AFL) (1965–1967) Bluebonnet Bowl (NCAA) (1959–1967, 1985–1986) Team Texas (AAFL) (2008–presente) Super Bowl VIII (NFL) (1974)

Rice Stadium é um estádio de futebol americano localizado no campus da Universidade Rice em Houston, no estado do Texas, nos Estados Unidos. O local tem sido a casa do time da Rice Owls football desde 1950.^[2] Em 1962 o então presidente dos Estados Unidos John F. Kennedy declarou a famosa frase Nós escolhemos ir para a Lua no estádio. Foi a casa do time de futebol americano Houston Oilers (atual Tennessee Titans) entre os anos de 1965 a 1967. Também foi a sede do Super Bowl VIII em 1974.

Ver também

Nós escolhemos ir para a Lua

Referências

↑ «Rice Stadium». Consultado em 30 de março de 2009
↑ «Rice Stadium Renovations». www.riceowls.cstv.com. Consultado em 24 de fevereiro de 2007

v d e Antigos estádios da NFL
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Era da fusão: 1941-1970	Alumni Stadium Astrodome Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Balboa Stadium Baltimore Memorial Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Busch Stadium Cleveland Stadium Comiskey Park Dyche Stadium Ebbets Field Fenway Park Forbes Field Frank Youell Field Franklin Field Griffith Stadium Harvard Stadium Jeppesen Stadium Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kezar Stadium Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Milwaukee County Stadium Nickerson Field Nippert Stadium Oakland Coliseum Philadelphia Municipal Stadium Pitt Stadium Polo Grounds Rice Stadium Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium SDCCU Stadium Shibe Park Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Wisconsin State Fair Park Wrigley Field Yankee Stadium (1923)
Era atual: 1971-presente	Angel Stadium Astrodome Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium Busch Memorial Stadium Candlestick Park Cleveland Stadium Cotton Bowl The Dome at America's Center Foxboro Stadium Georgia Dome Giants Stadium Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome Kansas City Municipal Stadium Kingdome Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Metropolitan Stadium Miami Orange Bowl Mile High Stadium Milwaukee County Stadium RCA Dome Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Oakland Coliseum Riverfront Stadium San Diego Stadium Shea Stadium Silverdome Sun Devil Stadium Tampa Stadium Texas Stadium Three Rivers Stadium Tiger Stadium Tulane Stadium Veterans Stadium War Memorial Stadium Yankee Stadium (1923)
Utilizados temporariamente	Alamodome (New Orleans Saints)1 Champaign Memorial Stadium (Chicago Bears)† Clemson Memorial Stadium (Carolina Panthers)† Dignity Health Sports Park (Los Angeles Chargers)† Frankford High School's Community Memorial Stadium (Frankford Yellow Jackets)1 Giants Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Grant Field (Atlanta Falcons) Husky Stadium (Seattle Seahawks)1† Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium (Tennessee Oilers)† LSU Tiger Stadium (New Orleans Saints)1 Marquette Stadium (Green Bay Packers) Philadelphia Municipal Stadium (Philadelphia Eagles)1 Shibe Park1 Stanford Stadium (San Francisco 49ers)1 TCF Bank Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1† University of Minnesota Memorial Stadium (Minnesota Vikings)1 Vanderbilt Stadium (Tennessee Titans)† Yale Bowl (New York Giants)†
†= Estádio em construção ou reforma 1 = Utilizado devido a danos no estádio principal.

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