Rice Track/Soccer Stadium

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Rice Track/Soccer Stadium behind fence and sign.

Rice Track/Soccer Stadium is a stadium in Houston, Texas. It is primarily used for track and field and soccer for the Rice University Owls. It sits on the location of the Owls old football stadium prior to the opening of Rice Stadium in 1950. As the home of the Owl football team, the venue held less than 37,000 people. Today, it holds approximately 5,000 people. Part of the grandstand from the old football stadium is used as the current grandstand, although there are only about 300 seats on the stone terracing.

In October 2002, the stadium hosted a WUSA exhibition match between the Washington Freedom (featuring Mia Hamm) and the Atlanta Beat. The event set the current stadium record with more than 5,000 tickets sold. The stadium hosted another WUSA exhibition in 2003 and has hosted two conference soccer tournaments: the Western Athletic Conference Tournament in 2002 and the Conference USA Tournament (won by Rice) in 2005. The WAC Track & Field Championships were held there in 2004.