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Dinner in a cone, s’mores on a stick and local brewers added to game day menu
New concession stand offerings at Ohio Stadium feature local flavors and more food choices
New local beers for sale
Entire article: https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/09/0...ick-and-local-brewers-added-to-game-day-menu/
New concession stand offerings at Ohio Stadium feature local flavors and more food choices
New local beers for sale
Entire article: https://news.osu.edu/news/2017/09/0...ick-and-local-brewers-added-to-game-day-menu/
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WIFI COULD BE COMING TO OHIO STADIUM AND SCHOTTENSTEIN CENTER FOR THE 2019-20 FOOTBALL AND BASKETBALL SEASONS
It looks like WiFi will finally be coming to Ohio Stadium and the Schottenstein Center for the 2019-20 athletic season.
On Friday morning, the Ohio State Board of Trustees will vote on a plan that will bring wireless access points to both Ohio Stadium and the Schottenstein Center in an effort to "improve the fan experience."
There have been a number of efforts to bring WiFi to the athletic complexes, but so far none have materialized. Ohio State sued Verizon Wireless back in 2015 over the issue, and a similar plan was reported last year, but was shelved after an "unusually tense" trustees meeting.
The new plan will be part of an $18.6 million campus-wide project which includes the installation of indoor and outdoor wireless access points across campus to "create a more seamless, efficient and modern end user experience."
Construction is set to begin on Ohio Stadium in December of 2018 – after the 2018 football season – and is scheduled to be complete by July of 2019, in time for the 2019 football season.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...r-the-2019-20-football-and-basketball-seasons
It looks like WiFi will finally be coming to Ohio Stadium and the Schottenstein Center for the 2019-20 athletic season.
On Friday morning, the Ohio State Board of Trustees will vote on a plan that will bring wireless access points to both Ohio Stadium and the Schottenstein Center in an effort to "improve the fan experience."
There have been a number of efforts to bring WiFi to the athletic complexes, but so far none have materialized. Ohio State sued Verizon Wireless back in 2015 over the issue, and a similar plan was reported last year, but was shelved after an "unusually tense" trustees meeting.
The new plan will be part of an $18.6 million campus-wide project which includes the installation of indoor and outdoor wireless access points across campus to "create a more seamless, efficient and modern end user experience."
Construction is set to begin on Ohio Stadium in December of 2018 – after the 2018 football season – and is scheduled to be complete by July of 2019, in time for the 2019 football season.
Entire article: https://www.elevenwarriors.com/ohio...r-the-2019-20-football-and-basketball-seasons
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Did Ohio State Lose A Bet To Put Michigan Colors On The Horseshoe?
his is the first in a series of stories looking at legendary moments in Ohio State football history. Did they really happen the way the story says? We went back and checked original sources to find out.
The Legend
Ohio State and Michigan placed a bet on the outcome of the 1922 Ohio Stadium dedication game. The losing team would be forced to incorporate their opponent’s colors into the design of their stadium. Michigan won, 19-0 and that’s why there are blue and yellow flowers in the North Rotunda of the Horseshoe.
Did It Really Happen?
The bet definitely did not happen the way the story goes, and probably didn’t happen at all.
The Facts
Yes, there are blue and yellow flowers on the Ohio Stadium Rotunda on the closed end of the Horseshoe. And yes, they look incredibly out of place. But no, it’s not because of a bet on the Dedication Game.
This is one of those college football legends that gets repeated, even by normally reliable sources. That’s probably because it seems to fit the basic facts most people know about Ohio Stadium.
Nicknamed ‘The House That Harley Built’ it was a response to growing interest in Buckeye football spurred by star running back Chic Harley.
Architect Howard Dwight Smith was commissioned to design the stadium in 1918. The first model was unveiled to the public in October 1920.
Ohio Stadium opened its doors in time for the 1922 football season.
The Buckeyes won the first two games in their new home, defeating Ohio Wesleyan 5-0 and Oberlin 14-0.
However, the school decided to hold off on the official dedication ceremony until the October 21 game against their rivals from Michigan.
The entire week was an extended celebration. The night before the game, both schools held pep rallies in Columbus.
On Saturday, the governors of both states attended the festivities, along with the reigning Miss America, and a bicycle maker from Dayton named Orville Wright.
The marching bands from both schools played the national anthem together, followed by an 11-cannon salute.
As a Dayton Daily News headline the next day said, “Game Is Almost Secondary to Great Spectacle At Columbus.”
Once that game started, however, it was all Michigan. Halfback Harry Kipke scored two touchdowns and also kicked a field goal as the visitors won, 19-0.
So that part of the story is true.
However, there is no mention of a bet in either of the Columbus newspapers from the following day. There is nothing in the Dayton Daily News, nor the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There is a reason for that: those yellow flowers on blue backgrounds were part of the construction plans more than a year earlier.
In the Ohio State University Archives, you can find a copy of the specifications for the stadium’s construction. They were approved by the OSU Board of Trustees on May 25, 1921, nearly 17 months before that Dedication Game.
One day later, the Ohio Stadium Building Commission, including William Oxley Thompson and Lynn St. John approved them.
In those specifications it says, “the tile in the dome panels shal (sic) be light blue, and the rosettes in the dome panels buff, all subject to approval of sample.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/06/ohio-state-lose-bet-put-michigan-colors-horseshoe/
his is the first in a series of stories looking at legendary moments in Ohio State football history. Did they really happen the way the story says? We went back and checked original sources to find out.
The Legend
Ohio State and Michigan placed a bet on the outcome of the 1922 Ohio Stadium dedication game. The losing team would be forced to incorporate their opponent’s colors into the design of their stadium. Michigan won, 19-0 and that’s why there are blue and yellow flowers in the North Rotunda of the Horseshoe.
Did It Really Happen?
The bet definitely did not happen the way the story goes, and probably didn’t happen at all.
The Facts
Yes, there are blue and yellow flowers on the Ohio Stadium Rotunda on the closed end of the Horseshoe. And yes, they look incredibly out of place. But no, it’s not because of a bet on the Dedication Game.
This is one of those college football legends that gets repeated, even by normally reliable sources. That’s probably because it seems to fit the basic facts most people know about Ohio Stadium.
Nicknamed ‘The House That Harley Built’ it was a response to growing interest in Buckeye football spurred by star running back Chic Harley.
Architect Howard Dwight Smith was commissioned to design the stadium in 1918. The first model was unveiled to the public in October 1920.
Ohio Stadium opened its doors in time for the 1922 football season.
The Buckeyes won the first two games in their new home, defeating Ohio Wesleyan 5-0 and Oberlin 14-0.
However, the school decided to hold off on the official dedication ceremony until the October 21 game against their rivals from Michigan.
The entire week was an extended celebration. The night before the game, both schools held pep rallies in Columbus.
On Saturday, the governors of both states attended the festivities, along with the reigning Miss America, and a bicycle maker from Dayton named Orville Wright.
The marching bands from both schools played the national anthem together, followed by an 11-cannon salute.
As a Dayton Daily News headline the next day said, “Game Is Almost Secondary to Great Spectacle At Columbus.”
Once that game started, however, it was all Michigan. Halfback Harry Kipke scored two touchdowns and also kicked a field goal as the visitors won, 19-0.
So that part of the story is true.
However, there is no mention of a bet in either of the Columbus newspapers from the following day. There is nothing in the Dayton Daily News, nor the Cincinnati Enquirer.
There is a reason for that: those yellow flowers on blue backgrounds were part of the construction plans more than a year earlier.
In the Ohio State University Archives, you can find a copy of the specifications for the stadium’s construction. They were approved by the OSU Board of Trustees on May 25, 1921, nearly 17 months before that Dedication Game.
One day later, the Ohio Stadium Building Commission, including William Oxley Thompson and Lynn St. John approved them.
In those specifications it says, “the tile in the dome panels shal (sic) be light blue, and the rosettes in the dome panels buff, all subject to approval of sample.”
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/06/ohio-state-lose-bet-put-michigan-colors-horseshoe/
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Neither did I, but apparently it could just be a scUM "fake news hoax" from decades ago.
Tagging the Ohio Stadium Rotunda | This Week in Michigan Football History
While that tale might be new to you, the most interesting memorial to the efforts of Goebel and that 1922 squad remain in Columbus today. You see the Bucks decided to paint the inside of the Stadium Rotunda with the colors of the winning team – So indeed the rotunda inside the Horseshoe is painted with maize flowers embossed against blue squares and remains remains a permanent reminder of this great Meeechigan Victory on this day 95 years ago. Of course Ohio State has its own piece of honorary ground in Ann Arbor today and that’s the plaque honoring Buckeye Jesse Owens 4 time world record performance on Ferry field in 1935.
Next time you visit Ohio Stadium take a stroll and a gaze up at the maize-and-blue colors in the rotunda and remember a true Michigan Man and the Original #1 – Paul Goebel.
Entire article: http://mvictors.com/tagging-the-ohio-stadium-rotunda-this-week-in-michigan-football-history/
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Ohio Stadium Construction Update
The 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes will kick off their season against the Oregon State Beavers in 80 days, and their home stadium will be ready when they do.
The Ohio Stadium construction project is on schedule despite a rainier than average year and should not impact this fall’s football games, according to an Ohio State spokesman.
Crews are working all around the historic stadium as part of a multi-year renovation project that began in 2017.
This summer, the work is mainly happening on the west side of the stadium.
Crews removed 2,600 seats in the northwest corner of B Deck. That will drop the capacity of the stadium for the 2018 season and beyond.
That means the current record crowd at the Horseshoe, 110,045 for the 2016 Michigan game, may never be broken.
Those old sections of B Deck will be replace with new suites and loges in time for the 2019 season.
The project will add a total of 35 loge boxes and 12 luxury suites in that northwestern corner.
The rest of B Deck is getting a facelift as well. When the project is completed, it will have upgraded lighting, larger televisions, better scoreboards, and and an improved sound system.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/06/ohio-stadium-construction-update/
The 2018 Ohio State Buckeyes will kick off their season against the Oregon State Beavers in 80 days, and their home stadium will be ready when they do.
The Ohio Stadium construction project is on schedule despite a rainier than average year and should not impact this fall’s football games, according to an Ohio State spokesman.
Crews are working all around the historic stadium as part of a multi-year renovation project that began in 2017.
This summer, the work is mainly happening on the west side of the stadium.
Crews removed 2,600 seats in the northwest corner of B Deck. That will drop the capacity of the stadium for the 2018 season and beyond.
That means the current record crowd at the Horseshoe, 110,045 for the 2016 Michigan game, may never be broken.
Those old sections of B Deck will be replace with new suites and loges in time for the 2019 season.
The project will add a total of 35 loge boxes and 12 luxury suites in that northwestern corner.
The rest of B Deck is getting a facelift as well. When the project is completed, it will have upgraded lighting, larger televisions, better scoreboards, and and an improved sound system.
Entire article: https://theozone.net/2018/06/ohio-stadium-construction-update/
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