  Little_buddy Member Username: Little_buddy Post Number: 63 Registered: 03-2006 |
Why was there a house on the U of Michigan football stadium? Went up there once when I was a kid with some of my friends and they gave us permission to play football on the field. | ||
Eboyer Member Username: Eboyer Post Number: 84 Registered: 01-2007 |
A house ON the stadium? Holy crap! Not sure how that would work... | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1703 Registered: 02-2006 |
What? | ||
Lostlegumes Member Username: Lostlegumes Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2007 |
Was it a BIG house? | ||
Rjk Member Username: Rjk Post Number: 1059 Registered: 11-2003 |
The House that Yost Built? | ||
Mbr Member Username: Mbr Post Number: 323 Registered: 03-2005 |
What year? | ||
Umstucoach Member Username: Umstucoach Post Number: 160 Registered: 04-2006 |
Yeah there was a house. It was when Main St. was a 2-lane road. You can see it in the lower left-hand corner of this picture. http://www.umich.edu/stadium/h istory/1927_bw_blockM.jpg I think the family that lived there helped in stadium upkeep. I read somewhere that the family would occasionally get knocks on their door from people who were locked inside the stadium and couldn't get out. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 979 Registered: 01-2006 |
an outhouse? | ||
Umstucoach Member Username: Umstucoach Post Number: 162 Registered: 04-2006 |
Ready for Spartan fans to complain about not talking about homes around Spartan Stadium/Macklin Field | ||
Gpcharles Member Username: Gpcharles Post Number: 10 Registered: 01-2008 |
The house was there until the late 1970s. I graduated in 1975 and I remember sneaking in to the 1975 Ohio State game through a hole in the fence just in front of the house. | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 980 Registered: 01-2006 |
Actually this spartan fan will let you guys drool over Michigan Stadium all you want. It is a historic facility, yes. But it is cramped (avg seat is 13 inches wide), has poor sight lines, and has poor restroom facilities. I'm not here to make this a green vs. blue thing, but I just dont like the facility. I am not going to hijack this thread, but when I am called out, I will reply. | ||
Danindc Member Username: Danindc Post Number: 3927 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: http://www.umich.edu/stadium/f aq/ | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 2756 Registered: 04-2006 |
Gotta accomodate the widening asses of America! | ||
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar Post Number: 981 Registered: 01-2006 |
Before the stadium was built was that area part of the surrounding neighborhood or was it an open space? I find the athletic facilities in Ann Arbor very interesting...especially Yost Arena, being within 100 feet or so of residential areas. I love the way these places just appear out of nowhere! | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 128 Registered: 12-2004 |
I would guess that the house was built before the stadium. Maybe the land was owned by the family who lived in the house and they sold all but their small parcel of land to UM to build the stadium. Eventually UM probably bought the house and razed it. Again this is all speculation... | ||
Kenp Member Username: Kenp Post Number: 1058 Registered: 03-2006 |
I remember that house, a little 2 story home inside the fence. I know it was being lived in by somebody in the 70's. I always assumed the people who maintained the stadium lived their. |
