- Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
Infobox Stadium
stadium_name = Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
nickname =
location = S. Overland Trail
Fort Collins, CO 80526
broke_ground = May 1967
opened =September 28 ,1968
closed =
demolished =
owner =Colorado State University
operator =Colorado State University
surface =FieldTurf
construction_cost = | $2,800,000 architect =
former_names = | Hughes Stadium tenants = Colorado State University Rams (NCAA) (1968-Present)
seating_capacity = 34,400Hughes Stadium is an outdoor football
stadium inFort Collins, Colorado ,United States . It is the home field of theColorado State University Rams of theMountain West Conference .Hughes Stadium opened in 1968 on the west edge of Fort Collins, four miles west of the school's campus. It replaced the old
Colorado Field , a 12,000-seat on-campus stadium. [MacCambridge, Michael, ed. "ESPN College Football Encyclopedia." New York: Hyperion, 2005, p. 238.] Hughes Stadium sits in a natural oval bowl, with seating on three sides and an open grass berm (not open for seating) behind the south endzone. The west (home side) stands are expanded out of the bowl and capped by a press box. The stadium is named forHarry W. Hughes , thehead coach for 31 seasons (1911–41) at then-Colorado Agricultural. [http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ia/mountainwest/colorado_state/coaching_records.php] The field itself was named in 2003 in honor of currenthead coach Sonny Lubick , who arrived in 1993, replacingEarle Bruce .The stadium has a seating capacity of 34,400 with club seats and 12 luxury suites, completed in 2005. The playing field, at an elevation of 5190 feet (1582 m) above sea level [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=13&X=610&Y=5612&W=2&qs=%7cFort+Collins%7cCO%7c] , was natural grass from 1968–2005;
FieldTurf was installed in the summer of 2006. [http://csurams.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062906aab.html]The first game at Hughes Stadium was played on
September 28 , 1968, a 17-12 loss toNorth Texas . FromOctober 21 , 1989 toAugust 21 , 1991, the Rams won eight consecutive games at the stadium, a school record.Bob Dylan recorded theNBC television special and live concert album "Hard Rain" at Hughes Stadium during a May 1976 rainstorm.cite web
title = Still On The Road: 1976 Rolling Thunder Revue II
author = Björner, Olof
date = Updated 2006
url = http://www.bjorner.com/DSN03275%201976%20Rolling%20Thunder%20Revue%20II.htm and cite web
title = Warehouse Eyes - Hard Rain
author = James, Peter
date = 2003-2006
url = http://warehouseeyes.netfirms.com/hardrain.html
accessdate = 2007-02-19]References
External links
* [http://csurams.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/062906aab.html CSU Rams.cstv.com - official athletics site] -
FieldTurf installation - 29-June-2006
* [http://football.ballparks.com/NCAA/MountainWest/ColoradoState/index.htm Hughes Stadium page @ ballparks.com]
* [http://www.worldstadiums.com/stadium_pictures/north_america/united_states/colorado/fort_collins_hughes.shtml World Stadiums.com] - photos - Hughes Stadium
* [http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=1&S=11&Z=13&X=1220&Y=11225&W=1&qs=%7cFort+Collins%7cCO%7c Terraserver,microsoft.com] - aerial photo of stadium
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