Location Princeton, NJ Broke ground June, 1914 Opened 24 October 1914 Demolished 1997 | Owner Princeton University Surface Natural Grass Closed November 23, 1996 Capacity 42,000 Architect Henry Janeway Hardenbergh | |
Similar Princeton University Stadium, University Field, Bill Clarke Field, Walter Lowrie House, Cannon Club | ||
Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 with a game against Dartmouth. Princeton University Stadium was built on the site (albeit pushed slightly further north) in 1997. The building was named for Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the university, by his son, Edgar Palmer III. Like Harvard Stadium, it was horseshoe-shaped (which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium), but was wider, including a full-sized track (around the football field) . It opened to the south (facing Lake Carnegie) and the grand main entrance was at the north.
It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing, the track's long-jump record was held by Jesse Owens.
