Alumni Stadium (WPI)

Alumni Stadium
Alumni Field
Location 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609
Coordinates 42°16′26″N 71°48′42″W / 42.27389°N 71.81167°W / 42.27389; -71.81167Coordinates: 42°16′26″N 71°48′42″W / 42.27389°N 71.81167°W / 42.27389; -71.81167
Owner Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Operator Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Capacity 2,000 (2007–present)
2,800 (1926–2006)
Surface 1914–1984 Grass
1985–1996 Omniturf
1997–2006 AstroTurf 12
2007–Present FieldTurf
Construction
Broke ground 1913
Opened November 14, 1914[1]
Renovated 1926, 1985, 1997, 2007
Construction cost US$25,000
($606 thousand in 2016 dollars[2])
Architect Olmsted Brothers[3]
General contractor Varnum P. Curtis
Tenants
WPI Engineers (NCAA) (1914–present)

Alumni Stadium is a football stadium located on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Worcester, Massachusetts. It is the home field of the WPI Engineers football team of the NEWMAC. The present seating capacity of the stadium is 2,000.

References

  1. ↑ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 258. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. ↑ Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis Community Development Project. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Herbert Foster (1937). Seventy Years of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Privately Published. p. 243. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
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