America's 100 Most Important Sports Venue's

[HuskerfaninOkieland]

ESPN.com

88 (tie). Memorial Stadium

Location: Lincoln, Neb. Opened: 1923. Capacity: 81,067.

 

Because "Through these gates pass the greatest fans in college football," and that inscription on the stadium entrance might not be hyperbole.

 

[np_husker]

Cool!

 

[Jarred04]

AND, once again, ESPN messes up their facts. Glad we made the list, but come on, that's not a tough stat to check.

"On football Saturdays, Memorial Stadium becomes the second-largest city in Nebraska."

 

[G_Rock]

I have a little problem with Autzen Stadium being ranked number 33. Don't you have to win something there to be important?

 

[HuskerMack]

AND, once again, ESPN messes up their facts. Glad we made the list, but come on, that's not a tough stat to check.

"On football Saturdays, Memorial Stadium becomes the second-largest city in Nebraska."

Not that it really means alot but it becomes the 3rd largest city in Nebraska.

 

[HuskerTrucker]

Kind of surprised that we aren't ranked higher actually.

 

[jayhawk]

Rock Chalk baby, #32 (I know, basketball, but I'll take what I can get)

ESPN HQ makes the top 10? HOMERS.

 

[Landlord]

ESPN HQ should be in the top 5 to be completely honest.

 

[kstatehater]

This list wasn't put together very well, it's dumb. You can tell it wasn't a poll, it was one maybe a few writers giving their bias opinions.

51. Rosenblatt Stadium. Allthough it's soon to be a thing of the past it was the most significant arena in college sports outside of the old Orange Bowl.

33. Autzen. Are you kidding me? His reasoning is the nike donations that have helped push the facilities war to a new level. Ok. Who pushed strength and conditioning? Who really started the push in the recruiting wars? Nebraska, Oklahoma, Flordia, Flordia St, Tennessee, Michigan, Ohio St. Thats who started the facilities war, Oregon has just raised the bar due to unlimited athletic funding.