The stadium's first major renovation began in 1970, when the grass surface was replaced with AstroTurf.

The stadium's playing field was natural grass until AstroTurf was installed in 1977.

The stadium's fifth AstroTurf surface was installed in 1993.

Because of the variable climate and the stadium's multiple tenants in 1976, the original grass surface was replaced with AstroTurf.

In 1984, SuperTurf was installed, but after six years AstroTurf once again became the stadium's playing surface.

From its opening through the 2007 season, the stadium's playing surface was AstroTurf, mainly due to the team's then-affiliation with the Toronto Blue Jays who used the artificial surface in their ballpark.

The stadium's newly installed AstroTurf was unharmed, but some of the light towers on the west side — which had recently been fitted with extra lights for the color telecast of the All-America Game — were bent or snapped off.

The stadium's all-weather playing field extends the outdoor sports season through the winter with lighting and a 2, 100 seat grandstand.

At the time of its inauguration in September 1946, the stadium's grass pitch was one of the largest in the country and a far cry from the 85x55 m dimensions of the Bryne Mill field.

The CenturyLink Field Events Center connects to the stadium's west field plaza and consists of two exhibition halls, a conference room, and a concourse.

It consisted of 7, 500 concrete seats — roughly corresponding to the lower portion of the current stadium's east grandstand — and 3, 000 wooden seats from the old field.

The stadium's home field advantage used to include a steel structure that fans would set to rumbling by stomping their feet.

Also, because of the stadium's design and the proximity of the fans to the field when configured for American football, the stadium was extremely loud when the usual sell-out Redskins crowds became vocal.

Pirates ' manager Fred Clarke also had input into the stadium's design, giving groundskeepers advice on the field, in addition to designing and patenting a device to spread and remove a canvas tarpaulin over the infield in case of rain.

The left-center and center field brick wall with " 457 FT " and " 436 FT " painted on it still stands at its original location, along with the stadium's flagpole, adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh's Mervis and Posvar Halls.

However, the stadium's actual capacity is much larger, as it is capable of holding overflow crowds with standing room and grass seating available in right field.

The museum addition was completed following the 1998 season and the final phase of construction was completed in early 1999 as the seating areas were renovated and extended, with seats going as far as left and right field and several reserved sections being replaced with box seats, installation of several concession stands and a second set of restrooms, a new team store, and a resurfacing of the stadium's walls with white stucco.

As a result of these renovations, parts of the stands closest to the playing field were removed, thus lowering available seating for all sports to the stadium's present capacity of 30, 456.

On May 7 the Chiefs unveiled a new high-definition video board in left field, replacing the board which stood from the stadium's opening in 1997 to 2012.

Due to the Steelers ' suggestions, the stadium's design was changed to enclose center field.

The majority of suites at Ford Field are located in the Hudson Warehouse along the stadium's southern sideline, as are the lounges that serve the premium club seats on that side of the field.

Pinch-hitter Luis Polonia was the final out in Fulton County Stadium's history, hitting a deep fly ball to right-center field that was caught by Yankee right fielder Paul O ' Neill, which gave the stadium's final save to John Wetteland.

Temporary stands were erected in left field to expand the stadium's capacity each fall, but had to be removed during the baseball season.

As well as increasing the stadium's capacity to 82, 000, the redevelopment introduced a four-star Marriott hotel with 156 rooms and six VIP suites with views over the field, a performing arts complex, a health and leisure club, open a new rugby shop and also increase the current function space.

The stadium's attendance was reduced to 71, 030 for the Olympics, the initial capacity was some 75, 000, though only 56, 700 seats were made publicly available for the track and field events and slightly more for the football final.

These were the first Olympic Games in which a 100 metre pool had been especially constructed ( inside the main stadium's track and field oval ).

Sanford Stadium's famous hedges have encircled the field since the stadium's very first game against Yale in 1929.

* Georgia's fans have only rushed the field and torn down the goal posts once in the stadium's history.

Facilities and features built in the first phase of the stadium's reconstruction include an IAAF Class II 400m eight-lane track, artificial field turf ( FIFA 2 Star rated surface by Polytan ), and a winter bubble enabling use during inclement weather.

On December 7, 2006, the university announced that the stadium's field would be laid out in an east-west configuration, with the open end of the stadium facing campus.

The stadium's record attendance was registered on 25 March 1939, when an FA Cup semi-final between Wolverhampton Wanderers and Grimsby Town drew 76, 962 spectators.

However, only minor injuries were reported, and the stadium's structure was deemed safe ten days later.

The stadium's walls were built of " an extremely hard and durable concrete that was developed by Thomas Edison ", with total of of concrete used in the original structure.

For the stadium's first game, the announced attendance was 74, 217 ( with another 25, 000 turned away ); however, Yankees business manager Ed Barrow later admitted that this number was likely heavily overestimated.

In October 2008, the club announced that, if approved, it was planning to build the new stadium just to the north of the existing stadium at White Hart Lane, with the southern half of the new stadium's pitch located on the northwest corner of the Lane.

In 2001 the move from The Dell to the new Friends Provident St Mary's Stadium was a homecoming for Southampton F. C., because of the new stadium's proximity to St Mary's, the church where the club was founded on 21 November 1885 by members of the St Mary's Church of England Young Men's Association.

Built in 1958, the stadium's original capacity was just 30, 000.

The stadium's playing surface, originally natural grass, was replaced with Astroturf in 1970 because St. Louis ' typically hot summers made it difficult to keep the grass alive.

The stadium's first turf was cut by King George V, and it was first opened to the public on 28 April 1923.

The seleção was defeated in the match they still refer to as the " Sarrias Disaster ", a reference to the stadium's name, and manager Telê would be much blamed by the Brazilian media for using an attacking system while a 2 – 2 draw was enough.

The stadium's street address has been 1265 Lombardi Avenue since 1968, when Highland Avenue was renamed in honor of Vince Lombardi.

In 1961, four years after it opened, the stadium's capacity was increased to 38, 669.

Executives from Keyspan complained that the stadium's line of view from the rest of the Coney Island amusement area was blocked by the derelict Thunderbolt roller-coaster, and the following month Giuliani ordered an early-morning bulldozing of the Thunderbolt.

The turnout ( 20, 223 people ) was the largest in that stadium's history.

The World Series between the Giants and Oakland Athletics was subsequently delayed for 10 days, in part to give engineers time to check the stadium's ( and that of nearby Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum ) overall structural soundness.

Currently, Candlestick Park is the only NFL stadium that began as a baseball-only facility and underwent extensive reconstruction to accommodate football, as evidenced by the stadium's unusual oblong design that leaves many seats on what was the right-field side of the stadium behind the eastern grandstand of the stadium during football games.

Giants owner Horace Stoneham visited the site as early as 1957 and was involved in the stadium's design from the outset.

The City and County of San Francisco had trouble finding a new naming sponsor due in part to the downturn in the economy, but also because the stadium's tenure as 3Com Park was tenuous at best.

In order to save funds, it was expected that only one of the stadium's stands would be permanent, with the other three made of wood and dismantled following the Games.