Michigan Stadium Press Box Letters and Eagle
August 28th, 2008 at 12:17 AM ^
August 28th, 2008 at 1:13 AM ^
August 28th, 2008 at 8:50 AM ^
After Coach Yost retired in 1941, alumni mounted a campaign to have the name of the facility changed to Yost Stadium. However, Yost asked that it be dedicated instead to the memory of university men and women who gave their lives for their country. It was so dedicated by the regents in November 1945, and was thereafter known as Memorial Stadium. To further embody this memorial, the American Eagle sculpture was placed in the southwest plaza in 1950. Memorial Stadium, the largest war memorial on campus, is now more commonly called Michigan Stadium, and has a current capacity of 107,501.
http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/planner/sculpture/south/michiganstadium.htm
http://www.plantext.bf.umich.edu/planner/sculpture/south/eagle.htm
Also, the current pressbox wasn't added until 1956: http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/stadium/stadtext/pressbox.htm
August 28th, 2008 at 12:03 PM ^
August 28th, 2008 at 12:20 AM ^
The eagle is there to scare the crap out of birds... No more, no less.
I for one would really like to see the letters retained on top, but they've been there for 50 years, they are a bit on the dated side, but in a good way. It would be a cool way to nod to the previous Stadium design, but I don't expect it to happen.
August 28th, 2008 at 1:08 AM ^
http://mgoblog.com/content/michigan-stadium-press-box-letters-and-eagle…;
I found an image of what they plan on doing! So they will put GIANT "MICHIGAN STADIUM" letters on top of the west structure that will house the press box and then put a GIANT eagle on top of the south end of that structure to scare away giant birds. I guess they are really doing everything to scale, so instead of $226 million, it will probably cost about $230 million. (The extra $4 million being for the giant bird and the lettering, I am assuming they don't make giant 50 foot eagle statues and letters, so they will have to be custom made.) Hahahahhaa...enjoy. Go Blue!
August 28th, 2008 at 10:19 AM ^
...will be moved to the top of the tunnel from where the players emerge. I have no idea if this is true or not, nor do I remember where I read that (probably here somewhere).
The current press box is toast as of 2010.
August 28th, 2008 at 11:48 AM ^
August 28th, 2008 at 11:50 AM ^
I thought I read here that the letters would be used in some way at the east entrance to the stadium but I don't think anything has been officially announced yet.