University of Pittsburgh - Owl Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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A CAMPUS UNDER EXPANSION UPI-PITTSBURGH—The University announced today plans for the construction of a stadium on the Pitt campus. Purchases of property bounded by Terrace. Lothrop. and Aliquippa Streets have been finalized and construction is to begin in the summer of 1924. UPI-PITTSBURGH- Ground was broken today for the Pitt Stadium that will seat 70.000. The bowl will cost an estimated one and a quarter million dollars and house a football field, baseball diamond, a grass court for tennis and one of the finest quarter-mile tracks in the country. It will also house a basketball pavillion that will hold 4.000 spectators. The completion date has been set for 1925 hopefully before the first game of the 1925 football season. UPl-PITTSBURGH-Today Pitt Stadium celebrates its’ 50th anniversary. For half a century this massive steel and concrete structure has housed Pitt athletics. Since the University's student body has grown so large over the years, new facilities were built to accomdate these crowds at sports events. Two facilities built were the Fitzgerald Fieldhouse and Trees Hall. Although the basketball, baseball, and tennis sports were moved from the stadium, it still hosts all athletic competion in track, socceer and football seen by record-breaking crowds. 26

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A GOTHIC MEMORIAL FOR ALL FAITHS 25

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STADIUM CELEBRATES 50th ANNIVERSARY 27 One of the most unusual sporting events ever held at Pitt Stadium was the start of the National Elimination Baloon Race held in 1929. Here the balloons are seen inflating before the start of the race.