Palmer Stadium

Infobox_Stadium
stadium_name = Palmer Stadium| nickname =


location = Princeton University
Princeton, NJ 08540
broke_ground = June, 1914
opened = October 24, 1914
closed = November 23, 1996
demolished = Winter, 1997
owner = Princeton University
operator = Princeton University
surface = Natural Grass
construction_cost=
architect = Henry J. Hardenburgh
former_names = | tenants = Princeton Tigers
(Football & Track and Field)
seating_capacity = 42,000

Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 (against the same Dartmouth team) before Princeton University Stadium was built on the site (albeit pushed slightly further north) in 1997.

The building was named for Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the university, by his son, Edgar Palmer III. Like Harvard Stadium, it was horseshoe-shaped (which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium), but was wider, including a full-sized track (around the football field) instead of the smaller one at Harvard. It opened to the south (facing Lake Carnegie) and the grand main entrance was at the north.

It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing, the track's long-jump record was owned by Jesse Owens.

External links

* [http://etcweb.princeton.edu/CampusWWW/Companion/palmer_stadium.html A short Palmer Stadium history]
* [http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=295165 Palmer Stadium from GoPrincetonTigers.com]