Edwards Stadium

View of Edwards Stadium

Edwards Stadium (also referred to as Edwards Field) is the track and field and soccer venue for the University of California Golden Bears.

This Art Deco-styled stadium was designed by architects Warren C. Perry and George W. Kelham, and named after Col. George C. Edwards, opening in 1932.^[1] It was the oldest track-only stadium in the United States until 1999, when it was reconfigured to accommodate the Cal soccer teams. It is located at 2223 Fulton Street on the southwest corner of the Berkeley campus, at the corner of Bancroft Way, and has a seating capacity of 22,000.^[2] From the stadium there are panoramic views of the Berkeley Hills and Strawberry Canyon to the east, and the San Francisco Bay, Golden Gate Bridge, and the San Francisco skyline to the west.

Edwards Stadium has hosted eight NCAA championship meets, a National AAU championship, and the 1971 and '78 USA vs. USSR dual meets, among others. There have been 12 world records (including records by Dutch Warmerdam, Jim Ryun and Henry Rono), 26 American records and 24 collegiate records set at Edwards.

The stadium came under scrutiny for damaged concrete in June 2016.

References

California Golden Bears

Teams	Football Volleyball Men's Basketball Women's Basketball Baseball Softball Men's Soccer Rugby

Venues	California Memorial Stadium Haas Pavilion Evans Diamond Levine-Fricke Field Edwards Stadium

Symbols/Lore	The Big "C" Oski The Bench The Stanford Axe Big Game The Play Tightwad Hill

Songs	Fight for California Big C Sons of California All Hail Blue and Gold Hail to California Stanford Jonah California Indian Song California Drinking Song

University of California, Berkeley

Academics

Athletics

Campus

Academic buildings	Bancroft Library California Hall Campbell Hall Doe Memorial Library Dwinelle Hall Etcheverry Hall Evans Hall Gilman Hall Hearst Memorial Mining Building Jacobs Institute for Design Innovation LeConte Hall Leuschner Observatory Moffitt Library South Hall Wheeler Hall

Landmarks	Berkeley Art Museum Botanical Garden and Julia Morgan Hall Lawrence Hall of Science Sather Gate Sather Tower Sproul Plaza

Student activities	Hearst Greek Theatre Memorial Stadium Edwards Stadium Senior Hall Zellerbach Hall Haas Pavilion Tightwad Hill Evans Diamond

Residential	Bowles Hall International House Stern Hall Student housing University House

Research

Organizations

Category
Commons

National Register of Historic Places in California

Lists by county	Alameda Alpine Amador Butte Calaveras Colusa Contra Costa Del Norte El Dorado Fresno Glenn Humboldt Imperial Inyo Kern Kings Lake Lassen Los Angeles County Madera Marin Mariposa Mendocino Merced Modoc Mono Monterey Napa Nevada Orange Placer Plumas Riverside Sacramento San Benito San Bernardino San Diego San Francisco San Joaquin San Luis Obispo San Mateo Santa Barbara Santa Clara Santa Cruz Shasta Sierra Siskiyou Solano Sonoma Stanislaus Sutter Tehama Trinity Tulare Tuolumne Ventura Yolo Yuba

Lists by city	Los Angeles Pasadena San Francisco

Other lists	Bridges California Historical Landmarks National Historic Landmarks National Natural Landmarks

Keeper of the Register History of the National Register of Historic Places Property types Historic district Contributing property

Track venues of the Pac-12 Conference

Drachman Stadium (Arizona) Sun Angel Stadium (Arizona State) Edwards Stadium (California) Potts Field (Colorado) Hayward Field (Oregon) Cobb Track and Angell Field (Stanford) Drake Stadium (UCLA) Loker Stadium (USC) McCarthey Family Track and Field Complex (Utah) Dempsey Indoor (Washington) Mooberry Track Complex (Washington State)

Coordinates: 37°52′8.41″N 122°15′53.33″W / 37.8690028°N 122.2648139°W / 37.8690028; -122.2648139

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.

Edwards Stadium

See also

References