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  Kinnick Stadium Location within Iowa  Kinnick Stadium Location within the United States | |
| Former names | Iowa Stadium (1929–1972) |
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| Address | 886 Stadium Drive |
| Location | Iowa City, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 41°39′31″N 91°33′4″W / 41.65861°N 91.55111°W |
| Operator | The University of Iowa |
| Capacity | 69,250 (2018-present)[1] [2] Former capacity List
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| Surface | FieldTurf (2009–present) Astroturf (1972–1988) Grass (1929–1971, 1989–2008) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 6, 1929 |
| Opened | October 5, 1929 |
| Renovated | 2006, 2017-2019 |
| Expanded | 1956, 1983, 1990 |
| Construction cost | $497,151.42 (initial construction) ($8.82 million in 2023 dollars[3]) |
| Architect | Proudfoot, Rawson, and Souers[4] HNTB (renovation) |
| Tenants | |
| Iowa Hawkeyes football (NCAA) (1929–present) | |
| Website | |
| hawkeyesports.com/kinnick-stadium | |
Kinnick Stadium is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Opened in 1929 as Iowa Stadium to replace Iowa Field, it currently holds up to 69,250 people, making it the 7th largest stadium in the Big Ten, and one of the 20 largest university owned stadiums in the nation. Primarily used for college football, the stadium is named for Nile Kinnick, the Iowa player who won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and died in service during World War II. Kinnick Stadium is the only college football stadium named after a Heisman Trophy winner.
- ^ "Home". kinnickedge.org.
- ^ Morehouse, Marc (July 25, 2018). "Iowa AD Gary Barta Moves From 'No' to 'If' on Alcohol Sales in Kinnick Stadium". The Gazette (Cedar Rapids). Retrieved July 25, 2018.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ Turnbull, Buck (2005). Stadium Stories: Iowa Hawkeyes. Guilford, Connecticut: Morris Book Publishing, LLC. p. 42. ISBN 0-7627-3819-7.