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  Joan C. Edwards Stadium Location in West Virginia  Joan C. Edwards Stadium Location in the United States | |
| Former names | Marshall University Stadium (1991–2003) |
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| Location | 2001 3rd Avenue Huntington, West Virginia 25755 U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°25′30″N 82°25′15″W / 38.42500°N 82.42083°W |
| Owner | Marshall University |
| Operator | Marshall University |
| Executive suites | 20 |
| Capacity | 30,475 (2022–present) Former capacity: List
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| Record attendance | 41,382 |
| Surface | Omniturf (1991–1997) AstroTurf (1998–2004) FieldTurf (2005–2013) AstroTurf (2014–present) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | July 18, 1990 |
| Opened | September 7, 1991 |
| Construction cost | $30 million ($67.1 million in 2023 dollars[1]) |
| Architect | Rosser FABRAP |
| General contractor | Frank Irey Company/River Cities[2] |
| Tenants | |
| Marshall Thundering Herd (NCAA) (1991–present) NCAA Division I Football Championship (1992–1996) | |
Joan C. Edwards Stadium, formerly Marshall University Stadium, is a football stadium located on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, United States. It currently can hold 30,475[3] spectators and includes twenty deluxe, indoor suites, 300 wheelchair-accessible seating, a state-of-the-art press-box, 14 concession areas, and 16 separate restrooms.[4] It also features 90,000 sq ft (8,000 m2) of artificial turf and 1,837 tons of structural steel. It also houses the Shewey Athletic Center (Marshall University), a fieldhouse and a training facility. The new stadium opened in 1991 and replaced Fairfield Stadium, a condemned off-campus facility built in 1927 in the Fairfield Park neighborhood.
Marshall has a 176-39 overall record at Joan C. Edwards Stadium for a winning percentage of .819, one of the top home winning percentages in the nation.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Joan C. Edwards Stadium". Ballparks.com. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved November 25, 2013.
- ^ "Herd Notebook: Upstairs, Jerseys, Turf". Marshall Athletics. Archived from the original on December 2, 2013. Retrieved August 25, 2013.
- ^ "Timeline of Joan C. Edwards Stadium". The Herald-Dispatch. Huntington, WV. December 19, 2006. Retrieved December 19, 2006.