Meade Stadium
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| John E. "Jack" Meade Stadium | |
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| Location | Keaney Ave Kingston, RI 02881 |
| Opened | September 22, 1928 |
| Owner | Univ. of Rhode Island |
| Operator | Univ. of Rhode Island |
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| URI Stadium (1928-1935) | |
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| URI Rams (Football) |
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| Seats | |
| 5,180 (current) | |
Meade Stadium is a 5,180-seat multi-purpose stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island. It is home to the University of Rhode Island Rams football team. The facility opened in 1928. It was renamed in 1936 to honor John E. "Jack" Meade, class of 1915, longtime Rhode Island politician and booster, who was said to have never missed a game in the stadium until his death in 1972.
The stadium has undergone many changes in its history. The old field house was built in 1933, and in 1934 the west stands and press box were opened, with a capacity of 1,500. In 1978 the 50-row steel grandstand was erected on the east side of, bringing the total capacity up to 8,000. Various other projects, including a press box expansion and modernization of the turf and scoreboard, took place soon after. In 2000, the west stands and field house were razed to make way for the Ryan Center. Currently a new set of west stands are being built abutting the Ryan Center, whose east luxury boxes also look down on Meade Stadium.
In 2007, one of its bigger changes will take place off the field. After playing sixty-nine seasons in the same conference (the Atlantic 10 Conference, which was formed by the former members of the Yankee Conference), the team will make the switch to the Colonial Athletic Association.
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| Current Football Stadiums in the Atlantic 10 |
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| Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison) • Cowell Stadium (New Hampshire) • James M. Shuart Stadium (Hofstra) • Meade Stadium (Rhode Island) • Minnegan Field at Johnny Unitas Stadium (Towson) • Morse Field at Alfond Stadium (Maine) • Parsons Field (Northeastern) • Tubby Raymond Field at Delaware Stadium (Delaware) • University of Richmond Stadium (Richmond) • Villanova Stadium (Villanova) • Walter J. Zable Stadium at Cary Field (William & Mary) • Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (Massachusetts) |
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