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Powers Field at Princeton Stadium

Powers Field at Princeton Stadium is a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It is primarily used for American football, and has been the home field of the Princeton Tigers since 1998. The stadium seats 28,000 with room for up to 30,000. Since 2007, the stadium has been known as Powers Field at Princeton Stadium after a generous donation from alumnus William C. Powers, class of ’79.

Design
The stadium's exterior shell mirrors the layout of Palmer Stadium, and the grandstands are four sided, with a second deck added on all sides except the south. The press box and luxury boxes are located above the west-side upper deck. One of the stadium's structural pillars houses the university's rock-climbing wall, which opened in the fall of 2008. In addition to the stadium itself, the construction project included building a track to the immediate south of the football field, which shares the stadium's south end facilities. Previously, the track was inside the stadium. For most of its first decade, Princeton Stadium had a natural grass surface. Since 2006, the facility has featured FieldTurf. The heightened resiliency of the artificial surface allows the football team to conduct its spring practice in the stadium. Princeton's sprint football team holds most of its practices inside the stadium, while the football team holds practices on the neighboring Campbell and Finney fields. In 2017, thanks to an anonymous $3.5 million donation, the stadium was equipped with an air structure (called "the bubble") that lays on the whole field and enables indoor activities. == Naming ==
Naming
While under construction, the stadium was referred to simply as "Princeton University Stadium", as the university hoped an alumnus would step forward to purchase the naming rights for a "leadership gift" of at least $25 million. Princeton officials said they would not name the stadium after a corporation, but considered honoring a Princeton graduate in exchange for a donation to be in keeping with their naming standards for other university buildings. Naming rights remained unsold by the time the stadium opened in September 1998, though the stadium's name was shortened to "Princeton Stadium" in time for the first football game. The offer to name the stadium after a donor still applied. ==Records==
Records
Since the stadium's opening, only two Princeton Tigers have rushed for over 200 yards in a single game at home: Cameron Atkinson ran for 233 yards against Dartmouth on November 23, 2002, and all-Ivy junior running back Jordan Culbreath rushed for 276 yards against Dartmouth on November 22, 2008. ==See also==
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