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Bill Snyder Family Football Stadium
Stadium in Manhattan, Kansas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"KSU Stadium" redirects here. For the King Saud University Stadium in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, see KSU Stadium (Riyadh).
Bill Snyder Family Stadium is a stadium in Manhattan, Kansas. It is used for American football, and is the home field of the Kansas State University Wildcats football team. It is named after the family of head coach Bill Snyder.[4] Over the past 31 seasons – from 1990 through the 2022 season – K-State is 169–51–1 (.767) at home.[5]
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Former names | KSU Stadium (1968–2005)[1] |
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Location | 1800 College Avenue Manhattan, KS 66502-3308 |
Coordinates | 39°12′7″N 96°35′38″W |
Owner | Kansas State University |
Operator | Kansas State University |
Capacity | 50,000 (2006–present)
Former capacity: List
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Record attendance | 53,811 |
Surface | FieldTurf Vertex Prime |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October 1, 1967 |
Opened | September 21, 1968 (1968-09-21) |
Renovated | 1993, 2007, 2012–2017, 2020–2021 |
Expanded | 1970, 1999 |
Construction cost | US$1.6 million (original structure) ($14 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
Architect | Wolfenbarger & McCulley (original structure)[3] HOK Sport (renovations) |
Tenants | |
Kansas State Wildcats football (1968–present) | |
Website | |
kstatesports.com/stadium |
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The stadium has an official seating capacity of 50,000 and is the eighth-largest among current Big 12 members. After new construction in 2013 and 2015, the exterior of two sides of the stadium is clad with limestone, and features towers with decorative limestone battlements – reminiscent of the appearance of the school's old World War I Memorial Stadium.