Talk:Memorial Stadium (Lincoln)

message: To match the convention of the titles of other stadiums, this page should be renamed Memorial Stadium (Lincoln). —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mjk5025 (talk • contribs) 15:58, 22 June 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Title

message: Although the front view of Memorial Stadium is impressive, it really does not capture the feel of how massive the stadium is. If anyone could provide a better photo, I would be appreciative.
--Cornhusker1225 13:57, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: done. I just took one last week and I'll swap it in shortly (moving the current photo to another spot in the article). --Bobak 23:00, 20 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Photo

message: The capacity listed on the Memorial Stadium article is from before the recent addition. It is now closer to 85,000. 65.30.58.132 (talk) 18:10, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  incorrect capacity 

message: A bit of an "edit war" brewing, although I'm sure a good faith one. Let's move the discussion here and see what builds.
Last night I entered a line that stated when filled to capacity, the stadium would have more population than the third largest city in the state. Not a direct quote, but something that I felt helped to show the size of the stadium compared to its location. It's been reverted, another user replaced, and reverted again.
Arugments given for the statement not being included are:
# Stadium is not a city and is not counted as one by the USCB
# not notable, statement could be made with any stadium and state
Arguemnt in favor of the statement:
* the statement doesn't claim it's a city, it's merely making an interesting comparison that is common for large stadia
As the original poster, I'd like to address these issues.
1) Of course the stadium is not a city, but its sheer size in population is significant and worth considering. Obviously the article calls for the capacity to be listed. I believe it is relevant to compare the capacity of the city to its surrounding population, and that is one of the things that makes the stadium so unique.
2) Just for grins, I will run some comparisons! Stand by...--Paul McDonald (talk) 16:46, 4 October 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: With all due respect, this factoid stems as much from the fact that Nebraska is a largely rural state with few major centers of population than the fact that this stadium is pretty big. Look at UT's stadium listed above: much bigger stadium, but it only rates 25th in its state. A much more significant fact, already listed in the article, is the impressive string of sellouts. Many college teams often do not sellout those early season non-conference games against podunk state. 173.30.150.15 (talk) 14:35, 25 October 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Capacity/city comparison

message: Adding approximately 6,000 seats to a stadium with a capacity of 81,067 doesn't give you 90,000 or 91,000+. I realize some sources including the Omaha World-Herald have reported 90,000+, but 81+6 only equals 87. Sources reporting 90,000+ are confusing reported capacity for actual attendance. In Nebraska's case reported attendance is typically 4,000+ higher than the listed capacity. Actual attendance with the expansion will be 90,000+. That said, the numbers from previous expansions in this article are reported as listed capacity and as such the 87,000+ figure is more accurate to report than 90,000+ for capacity. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.13.144.226 (talk) 23:08, 28 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Looks like the seating capacity is ~ 87,000 following the expansion.  With standing room areas added in, the total capacity is ~ 92,000.  Patken4 (talk) 20:44, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  2013 Expansion Capacity 

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