Palmer Stadium, Football stadium at Princeton University, United States
Palmer Stadium was a college football stadium at Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, built in a horseshoe shape that opened northward toward Lake Carnegie. A full running track ran around the playing field inside the structure.
The stadium was designed by architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh and opened in 1914. After more than 80 years in use, it was demolished in 1997 to make way for a new facility.
The stadium was named after Stephen Palmer, a university trustee whose son Edgar paid for its construction as a tribute to his father. This kind of family connection to the university was common at Princeton and shaped much of its campus architecture.
Palmer Stadium no longer exists, as the site was demolished and later redeveloped. Visitors to the Princeton University campus can still walk through the area, which is part of the open university grounds.
From 1965 to 1975, the New York Giants held annual exhibition games here, bringing professional football to a college campus. This made the venue one of the few university stadiums in the country to regularly host a major professional team.
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