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Houston Weather
Saturday & Saturday Night
Partly cloudy.
Highs in the upper 70s.
Lows around 60.

http://www.wunderground.com/US/TX/Houston.html




Historical Note:
President John F. Kennedy gave his "Moon Speech"
at Rice Stadium in Houston on September 12, 1962.

Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:

Looks like Kennedy drew as well as a SMU-Rice game.

ponyte wrote:

Special_Delivery_Smu_Fans wrote:

Looks like Kennedy drew as well as a SMU-Rice game.

I think that was when Kennedy said, "We choose to do these things because they are hard.'' or something like that.

The same could be said for the Rice athletic marketing department.

ponyte wrote:Looks like Kennedy drew as well as a SMU-Rice game.

Same age range too.

For the record, that is Rice Eccles Stadium in Utah.

This is Rice Stadium.

Here's a shot from inside the stadium. Yes, those are wooden benches. I don't know if they have changed them or not, but be careful when sitting on them.



And to think, this place once held a Super Bowl.

I hope it looks like this Saturday!

Come and Take It wrote:For the record, that is Rice Eccles Stadium in Utah.

This is Rice Stadium.

the photo in the first post is Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas, not Utah's stadium.

Come and Take It wrote:For the record, that is Rice Eccles Stadium in Utah.

This is Rice Stadium.

No...the first photo is Rice Stadium in Houston...this is Rice-Eccles Stadium:

i have no idea what you're talking about. you brought up RE stadium in utah, and there is no photo of it or mention of it in any post above your first post.

improvements at Rice stadium:

http://riceowls.cstv.com/facilities/rice-stadium.html

One of America's great stadiums and the largest on-campus facility in Conference-USA, Rice Stadium opened its 57th season with a new surface, a bright new look and a state-of-the-art scoreboard and information center.

Thanks to donations of more than $6 million that were raised shortly after Todd Graham took over the reigns as the Owls football coach, Rice Stadium stepped to the head of the class with a number of improvements for both playes and fans alike. The old carpet-style synthetic playing surface was removed and replaced with Field Turf, a system that combines the best elements of traditional natural grass fields with the benefits of a synthetic surface. For the players, it means a surface that elimnates the concerns over turf burns and hard landings thin pads laid over a concreate base. For Owl fans, it means their team plays on a lush, green surface that also can withstand the challenges of weather. The 18-inch crown on the field, needed for drainage with the old turf system, was flattened out as part of the installation the drainage and support layers for the new surface.

An entirely new scoreboard complex was constructed above the north end zone, allowing Owl fans the latest offerings of in-game entertainment and information along with video highlights and features. The new Daktronics scoreboard towers more than 60 feet above the north concourse and will complement the distinctive brickwork around the Stadium and across the Rice campus. The video screen measures 20-feet high by 35-feet wide, and a four-color message-board component will be 6-feet by 35-feet.

Fans can take in all these improvements while sitting on new aluminum bleachers which have seating for 47,000 fans. The end zone seating was removed and the area covered with blue tarps, but the capability remains to expand the seating to its original 70,000 configuration.

Hoofbeat, I am agreeing with you (and assuming that your last post was directed to Come and Take it)

That weather forecast sure looks nice. Still trying to swing making it to the game.

CalallenStang wrote:Hoofbeat, I am agreeing with you (and assuming that your last post was directed to Come and Take it)

That weather forecast sure looks nice. Still trying to swing making it to the game.

oops! you're right CS. wrong intendee! long day...

Hoofbeat83 wrote:

CalallenStang wrote:Hoofbeat, I am agreeing with you (and assuming that your last post was directed to Come and Take it)

That weather forecast sure looks nice. Still trying to swing making it to the game.

oops! you're right CS. wrong intendee! long day...

It definetely has been a long day.

smu96 - do I understand correctly that there is seating for 47,000 on aluminum bleachers? I find it hard to believe that the other 23,000 seats are in the endzone. Are there still wooden seats in any areas that aren't covered up by blue tarps?

I haven't been there since the Rice game 2 years ago so I haven't seen the improvements first hand. I'm just passing along the info. from their website.