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Duck Stadium

2008.07.24

Duck Stadium at a Distance

The Big "O" OREGON

Autzen Stadium

Empty Parking Lot

Autzen Stadium is an outdoor football stadium in Eugene, Oregon, United States. Located north of the University of Oregon campus, it is the home field of the Oregon Ducks of the Pacific-10 Conference. Originally opened in 1967, the stadium has undergone several expansions; the official capacity is 54,000, though official attendance has exceeded that number every game since 1999

In 2002, a $90 million facelift and expansion added seating and luxury boxes to the south sideline, bringing capacity up to its current size.

Autzen is known for its crowd noise. On October 27, 2007, during a 24-17 defeat of the USC Trojans, a record crowd of 59,277 fans was recorded at 127.2 decibels. A similarly-loud 31-27 upset of third-ranked Michigan in 2003 prompted a Michigan Daily columnist to write[5]

“ Autzen's 59,000 strong make the Big House sound like a pathetic whimper. It's louder than ... The Swamp at Florida, The Shoe in Columbus, and Death Valley at Louisiana State. Autzen Stadium is where great teams go to die. ”

Michigan coach Lloyd Carr later said that Autzen Stadium was the loudest stadium he'd ever been in.[6]

In 2006, a Sporting News columnist named Autzen the most intimidating college football stadium in the nation.[7]

Lee Corso of ESPN College Gameday frequently says that; "Per person Autzen Stadium is the loudest stadium that I have ever been in my entire life!"

Besides Ducks football, Autzen also plays host to other events, marching band competitions, Oregon high school football 6A, 5A, and 4A championships (until the 2006 season), and musical concerts, including U2 and numerous performances by the Grateful Dead. It is currently the largest sporting arena in the state of Oregon. It was also used as the fictional Faber College football stadium in the 1978 movie Animal House -- most notably for the scene with Tom Hulce and Sarah Holcombs' characters ("Pinto" and "Clorette DePasto") at mid-field.

18 Comments

...such a delightful post and so very interesting about the Oregon high school football team.....

curlyq60 · 2008-07-24: 06:19

Oh, the Grateful Dead is still giving concerts? I'm there ;-)
Looking at the whole thing in #3 it looks kind of small, but sounds like it's not.

Oh, and all that noise.....maybe I'm not there ;-)

oldbabe · 2008-07-24: 06:25

An interesting post. Imagine you're one of crowd of almost 60,000 , how great it would be!

leocheung · 2008-07-24: 06:42

Great shots Tom...I can hear them cheering from here lol..well done!! 8-)

Nukee · 2008-07-24: 08:38

:-)

wfrnk · 2008-07-24: 08:43

Way cool!

tbranscum · 2008-07-24: 08:51

Very cool building!!

SheriJ · 2008-07-24: 08:59

very good photo.I love stadiums ..

tulip · 2008-07-24: 09:13

amazing building...great report :)

cariad · 2008-07-24: 15:25

a very nice stadium ! 54 000 ? it's a big one !!

lorenzovie · 2008-07-24: 16:30

nice post,good details

mojaroo · 2008-07-24: 19:41

Autzen Stadium, it looks great !
I like #2 and the last shot more !

Flowerstone · 2008-07-24: 23:59

Very interesting - thanks :-)

jet28 · 2008-07-25: 02:13

thank you for the infor and sharing it

Mertxe · 2008-07-25: 02:29

interestingg post :))
thnx!

Speedu · 2008-07-25: 02:35

funny name.

smilingranbow · 2008-07-25: 15:44

Thanks for showing this to us!

Nayah · 2008-07-26: 16:34

I'm going to advise (If I could...) you to do something which may also help you to offload some $$$$ from your wallet. May be its time to grab an SLR, and use the Kodak · Z712 as your backup.. Functions like bracketing, exposure adjustments would be some of the most useful functions....

Never mind... Another nice set from you. :)

vmathewk · 2008-07-26: 19:42

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