Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium
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Sonny Lubick Field at Hughes Stadium was an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located in Fort Collins, Colorado. It was the home field of the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference from 1968 through 2016; the team moved in 2017 to the new on-campus Colorado State Stadium (now Canvas Stadium).[3]
Quick Facts Former names, Location ...
Former names | Hughes Stadium (1968–2002) |
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Location | S. Overland Trail Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.562°N 105.142°W / 40.562; -105.142 |
Owner | Colorado State University |
Operator | Colorado State University |
Capacity | 32,500 (2005–2016)[1] 30,000 (1969–2004) |
Record attendance | 39,107 (vs. Utah, 1994) |
Surface | FieldTurf (2006–2016) Natural grass (1968–2005) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 1967 |
Opened | September 28, 1968; 55 years ago (1968-09-28) |
Renovated | 2005 |
Closed | November 19, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-19) |
Demolished | April 10, 2018 (start date) |
Construction cost | $2.8 million ($24.5 million in 2024[2]) |
Architect | Aller-Lingle Architects (2005 renovation) |
Tenants | |
Colorado State Rams (NCAA) (1968–2016) |
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The playing field had a mostly conventional north-south alignment, skewed slightly northwest-southeast, at an approximate elevation of 5,190 feet (1,580 m) above sea level.[4] It was natural grass for the stadium's first 38 years; FieldTurf was installed in the summer of 2006 for the final eleven seasons.[5]