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O'Brien Stadium Former names Lincoln Field Location 100 Grant Avenue
Charleston, IL 61920Opened 1970 Renovated 1999 Owner Eastern Illinois University Operator Eastern Illinois University Surface Pro-Grass Construction cost $2 million USD (renovation) Capacity 10,000 Tenants Eastern Illinois Panthers (NCAA) (1970–present) O'Brien Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium in Charleston, Illinois. It is home to the Eastern Illinois University Panthers football and track and field teams. The stadium also plays host to the IHSA State Finals in track and field every year. The stadium features a nine-lane track and in 2004 an artificial turf field was installed.
In 2009 a state of the art scoreboard was installed on the north end of the field with a video board and new sound system.
The record attendance for O'brien field was 12,600 on November 9, 1980 vs. Nothern Iowa.The all time record at O'brien Stadium is 146-65-3 As of 2011.
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Football stadiums of the Ohio Valley Conference Governors Stadium (Austin Peay) • O'Brien Stadium (Eastern Illinois) • Roy Kidd Stadium (Eastern Kentucky) • JSU Stadium (Jacksonville State) • Roy Stewart Stadium (Murray State) • Houck Stadium (Southeast Missouri State) • LP Field (Tennessee State) • Tucker Stadium (Tennessee Tech) • Graham Stadium (UT Martin)
College football venues in Illinois Division I
FBSBig Ten MAC Division I
FCSMissouri Valley OVC O'Brien Stadium (Eastern Illinois)
Division III CCIW Augustana Stadium/Ericson Field (Augustana) • Benedetti–Wehrli Stadium (North Central) • Frank M. Lindsay Field (Millikin) • Holmgren Athletic Complex (North Park) • Illinois Wesleyan Stadium (Illinois Wesleyan) • Langhorst Field (Elmhurst) • McCully Field (Wheaton)
Midwest Bobby Woll Memorial Field (Monmouth) • England Field (Illinois College) • Farwell Field (Lake Forest) • Knox Bowl (Knox)
Northern Cougar Stadium (Concordia) • Sam Greeley Field (Rockford) • Spartan Stadium (Aurora) • Sports Complex at Benedictine University (Benedictine)
UAA UMAC Francis Field (Greenville) • Freesen Field (MacMurray) • McKinzie Field (Eureka)
NAIA Mid-States Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field (Saint Xavier) • Joliet Memorial Stadium (St. Francis) • Leemon Field (McKendree) • Leslie A. Fraizer Field (Trinity International) • QU Stadium (Quincy) • Ward Field (Olivet Nazarene)
Wrigley Field Coordinates: 39°28′50″N 88°10′52″W / 39.480517°N 88.181168°W http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/teams-stadiums-directory/ohio-valley-conference/eastern-illinois-panthers-obrien-field/
Categories:- College football venues
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- American football venues in Illinois
- Buildings and structures in Coles County, Illinois
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