Neale Stadium
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Neale Stadium was an outdoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, located on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. Opened 87 years ago in 1937 for college football,[2] it was used for over three decades, through the 1968 football season; the track team moved to the venue in the late 1940s.
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Address | S. Rayburn Street |
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Location | University of Idaho Moscow, Idaho, U.S. |
Coordinates | 46.726°N 117.017°W / 46.726; -117.017 |
Owner | University of Idaho |
Operator | University of Idaho |
Capacity | 16,000 (approx.) |
Surface | Natural grass track – cinder |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1936 – October [1] |
Opened | 1937 – September 25 [2][3] |
Closed | 1969 – summer [4] Fire: south grandstand November 23, 1969 [5] |
Demolished | 1970–71 |
Construction cost | $47,770 [6][7][8] ($1.01 million in 2023[9]) |
Tenants | |
Idaho Vandals (1937–68) – NCAA - conference affiliations - Big Sky (1965–68) Independent (1959–64)[10][11][12] Pacific Coast (1937–58) |
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Its replacement, the enclosed Kibbie Dome, currently occupies the same site on the west end of campus; the outdoor track is adjacent to the west.