University at Buffalo Stadium

UB Stadium is a stadium in Amherst, New York on the campus of the University at Buffalo. It is primarily used for football, soccer, and track and field events, and is the home field of the Buffalo Bulls. It opened on September 4, 1993, with a football game between the Buffalo Bulls and Maine Black Bears.[3]

"UB Stadium" redirects here. For the stadium in Botswana, see University of Botswana Stadium.
UB Stadium
"The Bullpen"
UB Stadium, 2012
LocationWebster Road
Amherst, NY 14221
Coordinates42°59′57″N 78°46′39″W
OwnerUniversity at Buffalo
OperatorUniversity at Buffalo
Capacity25,013 (2017–present)
29,013[1] (1999–2017)
15,000 (1993–1999)
SurfaceA-Turf Titan (2014–present)
Momentum Turf (2005–2013)
Natural grass (1993–2004)
Construction
Broke groundSeptember 17, 1991
OpenedSeptember 4, 1993 (UB football)
Expanded1999
Construction cost$23 million
($46.6 million in 2022 dollars)[2]
ArchitectHOK Sport
Tenants
Buffalo Bulls (NCAA)
Football (1993–present)
Women's soccer (1993–present)
Men's track and field (1993–present)
Women's track and field (1993–present)
Men's soccer (1993–2017)

History

The stadium was built from 1991 to 1993 as the final piece of the school's "Run to Division I" drive, meant to bring UB football back to Division I status and as the feature athletics venue for the 1993 Summer Universiade. The program had been dropped for seven years in the 1970s, but returned at a lower level. The team had played at a much smaller, 4,000-seat UB Stadium (now known as Walter Kunz Stadium) from the time of its move to the town of Amherst north of Buffalo in 1985 until 1992. The current stadium opened in the summer of 1993, hosting the World University Games. The Bulls played their first six years in the stadium as a member of Division I-AA, finally making their return to Division I-A in 1999.

Jim Kelly hosted his third-annual StarGaze charity event at the venue in 1994. The stadium was the primary venue for the 1995 World Masters Athletics Championships. The stadium hosted the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Empire State Games on July 21, 2010.

Location and configuration

The stadium consists of a north-south field surrounded by an eight-lane track. There are the original double-decked grandstands on either sideline spanning the entire length of the football field, a large bleacher grandstand around the south end of the track, and two shorter bleacher sections on the north side with the free-standing scoreboard located between them. The stadium is lit by the four large light towers near the corners of the stadium.

The stadium is located at the east side of UB's North Campus. Students living on the North Campus typically walk to the stadium from their on-campus housing or take the UB Stampede shuttle buses directly to Alumni Arena, which is nearby.

UB Stadium has a capacity of approximately 25,000. The sideline seating areas consist of two main grandstands which hold 15,000 (7,500 each). A large bleacher grandstand in the southern end of the stadium has a seating capacity of approximately 10,000. There is additional space on the north and south ends of the field level that is utilized as a standing room only space which accommodates approximately 3,000, though this is not factored into the capacity of the stadium.

In 1999, the school added two rounded bleacher sections to UB Stadium, raising the capacity to above 29,000. The southern section holds 10,000. Two half-sections were constructed in the north endzone, both with a capacity of 3,000 each (6,000 total). In October 2017, demolition work commenced on the northern endzones of the stadium in preparation for the program's new 92,000-square-foot (8,500 m2), $18 million field house.[4] The demolition of the bleachers brought the stadium's capacity down to about 25,000.

Attendance records
Rank Attendance Date Game Result
129,795August 31, 2006Buffalo 9, Temple 3OT
229,013September 11, 2004Buffalo 17, Syracuse 37
326,511November 18, 2000Buffalo 16, Miami (OH) 17
424,714September 12, 2014Buffalo 21, 8 Baylor 63
524,013September 14, 2013Buffalo 26, Stony Brook 235OT
623,671September 29, 2018Buffalo 13, Army 42
723,602October 5, 2013Buffalo 42, Eastern Michigan 14
822,918November 5, 2013Buffalo 30, Ohio 3
922,676September 22, 2007Buffalo 21, Baylor 34
1022,658August 30, 2001Buffalo 15, Rutgers 31
1121,933September 10, 2011Buffalo 35, Stony Brook 7
1221,870September 12, 2009Buffalo 27, Pittsburgh 54
1321,719October 18, 2008Buffalo 27, Army 24OT
1421,139September 20, 2014Buffalo 36, Norfolk State 7
1521,103August 29, 2002Buffalo 26, Lehigh 37
1620,952September 28, 2013Buffalo 41, UConn 12
1720,872September 5, 2015Buffalo 51, Albany 14
1820,843October 3, 2015Buffalo 22, Bowling Green 28
1920,841September 27, 2014Buffalo 35, Miami (OH) 27
2020,835September 11, 1999Buffalo 10, Akron 17

See also

References
  1. "UB Stadium - Amherst, NY Tickets". eventticketscenter.com. Archived from the original on August 13, 2014. Retrieved 4 July 2014.
  2. 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved May 28, 2023.
  3. Holland, Scott (September 4, 2013). "1993 Buffalo Football – A 'new' UB Stadium". University at Buffalo Digital Collections. Archived from the original on March 2, 2014.
  4. Fuller, Jon (September 15, 2017). "UB moves forward on fieldhouse". www.buffalo.edu. University at Buffalo. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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