Husky Stadium, College football stadium in Seattle, United States
Husky Stadium is a U-shaped American football stadium on the University of Washington campus in Seattle, with a rectangular green field inside a red running track. Purple seats fill the lower bowl and darker purple seats rise above; the north and south grandstands carry cantilevered steel roofs, one roof edge reading "GO HUSKIES" and the opposite grey roof bearing a large purple "W". The open east end looks over Union Bay toward Lake Washington and the Cascade Range.
Workers built the original venue in 1920 with 30,000 seats along the lakeshore to meet the growing needs of the university. Several expansions followed over the decades until capacity reached 72,500 seats by 1987.
The stadium was renamed Husky Stadium after the 1970 season, and the HuskyTron video screen debuted in 1998. Each June the university holds its commencement here, and the Apple Cup against Washington State has been played since 1900, alternating between the two campuses.
You can reach the venue on foot, by bicycle, by car, by boat across Lake Washington, or via the city light rail. On game days paths fill early, so arriving well ahead helps avoid crowding and parking searches.
The shape and metal canopies amplify sounds and allow crowd noise to exceed 100 decibels during games. This acoustic effect comes without any technical aids, purely through the building design of the oval.
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