Folsom Field
Location	Colorado Ave Boulder, CO 80309
Broke ground	1924
Opened	October 11, 1924
Owner	Univ. of Colorado
Operator	Univ. of Colorado
Surface	Grass
Construction cost	$65,000 USD
Former names
Colorado Stadium (1924–1944)
Tenants
Colorado Buffaloes (NCAA) (1924–present)
Capacity
53,750

Folsom Field is a stadium in Boulder, Colorado. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the University of Colorado Buffaloes. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (809x1022, 117 KB) Found using http://seamless. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Year 1944 (MCMXLIV) was a leap year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1944 calendar). ... University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU–Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A) is a voluntary association of about 1200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Telstra Stadium in Sydney, Australia is capable of being converted from a rectangular rugby football field to an oval for cricket and Australian rules football games A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English) is a place, or venue, for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts or other events, consisting of... The City of Boulder (, Mountain Time Zone) is a home rule municipality located in Boulder County, Colorado, United States. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU-Boulder, UCB officially[2]; Colorado, CU colloquially) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ... University of Colorado at Boulder The University of Colorado at Boulder (CU or CU–Boulder) is the flagship university of the University of Colorado system. ...

History

Folsom Field opened in 1924, and has been the home of the CU football team ever since. Through the 2004 football season, the Buffs have a home record of 281-132-10, a winning percentage of .680. Prior to Folsom Field CU had played its games at Gamble Field for two decades, where seating roughly 9,000 was limited to temporary bleachers.

Originally, it was named Colorado Stadium, but in 1944 it was renamed after the great CU coach Frederick Folsom, who coached the Buffs three different times between 1895 and 1915. He led the teams to a combined .765 winning pct.

Renovations

When originally opened, the stadium had a capacity of 26,000. A second deck was added in 1956 which upped the capacity to 45,000, and 6,000 more seats were added in 1967 with the removal of the running track. In 1968 a huge, six-level press box was added to the west side of the field, directly in front of Balch Fieldhouse, the former home of the basketball team. Renovations continued in 1976 when they took out the old, rickety wooden bleachers and replaced them with aluminum ones. This raised the capacity to 52,005. In 2003, suites and club seating was added to the east side of the stadium raising the capacity to 53,750. Balch Fieldhouse is a 4,000, at one point seating 7,000, seat multi-purpose arena in Boulder, Colorado. ...

Playing surface

From opening until 1971, the playing surface was natural grass. In 1971, AstroTurf was installed. The first game played on the new surface was on September 18 against the University of Wyoming. The Astroturf surface was replaced in 1978 and then again in 1989. Listen to this article · (info) This audio file was created from an article revision dated 2006-02-04, and may not reflect subsequent edits to the article. ... The University of Wyoming is a land-grant university located in Laramie, Wyoming, situated on Wyomings high plains, at an elevation of 7,200 feet (2194 m), between the Laramie and Medicine Bow mountain ranges. ...

In the Spring of 1999, Folsom Field returned to natural grass. The project, which included bio-thermal heating, drainage, and a sub-air system, cost $1.2 million.

Other Uses

Folsom has played host to many top national recording acts, including The Rolling Stones, The Who, Paul McCartney, Eagles, Van Halen, REO Speedwagon, The Beach Boys, Grateful Dead, The Doobie Brothers, Journey, Jethro Tull, John Mellencamp and the Dave Matthews Band. Rolling Stones redirects here. ... The Who are an English rock band who first came to prominence in the 1960s and grew in stature to be considered one of the greatest rock n roll bands of all time[1][2][3]. Except for periods of retirement from 1983 to 1988 and from 1990 to 1995... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an English singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist. ... The Eagles redirects here. ... Van Halen is an American hard rock band. ... REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s. ... The Beach Boys are an influential pop music band in rock and pop music history. ... The Grateful Dead were an American psychedelia-influenced rock band formed in 1965 in San Francisco. ... Doobie Brothers in concert at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez, California, on August 31, 2006. ... Journey is an American rock band formed in 1973 in San Francisco, California. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Mellencamp during a September 2000 free outdoor concert at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN. John Mellencamp (born October 7, 1951 in Seymour, Indiana) is an American rock/roots rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, known for a long and successful recording and performing career highlighted by a series of 1980s... Dave Matthews Band (also known by the initialism DMB) is an American rock band, originally formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991 by singer, songwriter, and guitarist Dave Matthews; saxophonist LeRoi Moore; bassist Stefan Lessard; fiddle player Boyd Tinsley; drummer Carter Beauford, and keyboardist Peter Griesar (who left the band in...

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Attendance Records

CU’s all-time record at Folsom Field, through 2003, is 271-129-10 for a .673 winning percentage. The largest crowd for a football game was 54,972 when the Buffs played Colorado State University on September 3, 2005. The top crowd ever at Folsom was for a rock concert, not a football game. On May 1, 1977, for one of the popular Colorado Sun Day concert series, 61,500 (estimated, but exceeds largest football crowd by about 9000) turned out to see Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, Santana and Country Joe McDonald. // Colorado State is a comprehensive public research university that ranks among the world leaders in biomedical sciences, atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, natural resources, veterinary medicine, animal cancer, human health and nutrition, and clean energy research. ... September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... This article or section is not written in the formal tone expected of an encyclopedia article. ... Robert Clark Bob Seger (born May 6, 1945) is an American rock musician from Michigan, who after years of local Detroit-area success starting in the mid-1960s, achieved his greatest national success starting in the mid-1970s and extending into the 1980s. ... Carlos Augusto Alves Santana (born July 20, 1947), known simply as Carlos Santana or Santana, is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-born American Latin rock musician and guitarist. ... Country Joe McDonald Country Joe McDonald (born Joseph McDonald, on January 1, 1942 in El Monte, California) was the leader and lead singer of the 1960s rock & roll group Country Joe and the Fish. ...

Gallery

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