Amon G. Carter Stadium
Amon G. Carter Stadium is an open-air football
stadium on the campus of
Texas Christian University in
Fort Worth, Texas. It is the home stadium of the TCU football team, the Horned Frogs. It also hosts the annual
Fort Worth Bowl, which has been played since 2003. It was named after
Amon G. Carter, a prominent Fort Worth businessman, newspaper publisher, and city booster.
The stadium was opened in 1930, with a
seating capacity of 22,000. It was built to replace Clark Field. Dedication of the stadium was on
October 11, 1930. TCU defeated the
University of Arkansas, 40-0. Several different expansions of stadium's end zone and east grand stands took place in the 1940s and 1950s. The first of which took place in 1948, with construction raising the capacity by 8,500 to 30,500. In
1951 and
1953, 2,500 and 4,000 more seats were added to the sections giving the facility 37,000 seats.
An upper-deck and two-level press box were added to the structure in
1956. They were placed above the southwest grandstands. Improvements were made to the seating in
1985 and
1991. First the seats in the lower grandstands were removed and aluminum seats were put in their place. Then the upper-deck seats were replaced with the aluminum seats. In
1992, the artificial turf, which had been in place since
1973, was replaced with natural grass. Today the stadium seats 46,083 spectators.
The stadium, which now stands to the northwest of
Daniel-Meyer Coliseum, has been home to such greats as
Sammy Baugh,
Davey O'Brien, Jim Swink,
Bob Lilly, and
LaDainian Tomlinson.
*
Official Athletic Site*
Aerial view of Amon G. Carter Stadium at Terraserver.com
