Rice Stadium (Rice University)

Rice Stadium is an American football stadium located on the Rice University campus in Houston, Texas. It has been the home of the Rice Owls football team since its... Wikipedia

• Former names:  Houston Stadium
• Location:  6100 South Main Street, Houston, Texas, U.S.
• Owner:  Rice University
• Operator:  Rice University
• Capacity:  47,000, (expandable to 59,000), Super Bowl VIII (68,142)
• Surface:  Natural grass (1950–1969), AstroTurf (1970–2005), FieldTurf (2006–2014), AstroTurf GameDay Grass 3D60H (2014–present)
• Broke ground:  February 1950
• Opened:  September 30, 1950
• Construction cost:  $3.295 million, ($ in 2015 dollars)
• Architect:  Hermon Lloyd & W.B. Morgan and Milton McGinty
• General contractor:  Brown & Root Constructors
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo