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Article: New Golden Gopher football stadium opens.(Irrigation & Drainage)
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- SportsTURF
- Article date:
- September 1, 2009
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TCF Bank Stadium, the new home of Minnesota Golden Gopher football, isn't just a football venue, according to the university, but also a monumental contribution to the university's heritage, as well as a living, breathing icon for the whole community to enjoy. The stadium is located on the northeast side of the Minneapolis campus, near the site of the former Memorial Stadium.
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The stadium's open-air horseshoe design allows a capacity of 50,000. With sustainability in mind, 97% of the nearly 9,000 tons of steel used in the structure came from recycled steel. Flexibility was also a key component of the design, with expansion ...