Everything about Stagg Field totally explained
Alonzo Stagg Field is the name of two different
football fields for the
University of Chicago. The earliest Stagg Field is probably best remembered for its role in a landmark scientific achievement by
Enrico Fermi during the
Manhattan Project. The site of the first nuclear reaction received designation as a
National Historic Landmark on February 18, 1965. The site was named a
Chicago Landmark on
October 27,
1971.
First nuclear chain reaction
On
December 2,
1942 Enrico Fermi and his team set off the first
nuclear chain reaction at Chicago Pile-1 in a
racquets court under the west stands of the abandoned stadium. The old Stagg Field plot of land is currently home to the
Regenstein Library. A
Henry Moore sculpture,
Nuclear Energy, in a small quadrangle commemorates the nuclear experiment.
Sports venue
First Stagg Field
The first Stagg Field was a
stadium at the
University of Chicago in
Chicago, Illinois. It was primarily used for
college football games, and was the home field of the
University of Chicago. Stagg Field originally opened in
1893 as Marshall Field after
Marshall Field donated land to the university to build the stadium. In
1913, the field was renamed Stagg Field after their famous coach
Amos Alonzo Stagg. The final capacity, after several stadium expansions, was 50,000. The University of Chicago discontinued its football program after
1939 and left the
Big Ten in
1946. The stadium was demolished in 1957.
New Stagg Field
The current Stagg Field is an athletic field located several blocks to the northwest that preserves the Stagg Field name, as well as a relocated gate from the original facility. The school's current
Division III football team uses the new field as their home. Stagg Field has a seating capacity of 1,650.
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