When completed, Huntington Bank Stadium became the first new football stadium in the Big Ten since 1960.
The Gopher locker room is a state of the art 60 x 25-yard area, shaped like a football with 120 custom-built lockers and 10 LCD televisions.
The Gophers have a private recruiting room that can accommodate 150 people.
The main high-definition video display in the stadium is one of the largest in college sports at approximately 48 feet high by 108 fee wide. It boasts Daktronics HD-16 technology and was the first of its kind in the Big Ten Conference.
The University achieved LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Huntington Bank Stadium, making it the first LEED certified college football stadium in the country. The certification is achieved by accumulating credits for various environmentally and sustainable efforts in design and construction.
In addition to Minnesota college football games, Huntington Bank Stadium has hosted Gopher hockey games, Monday Night Football, MLB All-Star concert, the Rolling Stones and U2. The Minnesota Vikings played their 2014 and 2015 seasons at Huntington Bank Stadium, while their stadium was constructed.
STADIUM SEATING
50,805	Capacity of stadium, expandable to 80,000
25,000	Approximate number of seats with permanent chairbacks
37	Private suites
57	Loge boxes
1,250	Outdoor club seats
250	Indoor club seats
20,000	Square-foot Outdoor Club Room for game day and non-game day usage
STADIUM BY THE NUMBERS
1,300,000	Total number of on-site work hours to complete stadium
24,000	Cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete, enough to make a five-foot-wide sidewalk from Minneapolis to Rochester (74 miles)
8,800	Tons of structural steel, 97% of which is from recycled steel
4,019,760	LED lights make up the video boards at the stadium.
740,000	Units of brick
2,020,000	Feet of cable for telecom, broadcast, sound, fire alarm and security systems (382 miles)
2,210,000	Feet of electrical wire/cable for power (418 miles)
900,000	Square feet of finished space
7,500	Light fixtures
350	LCD television
12	Elevators and two escalators
STADIUM FACTS
Playing Surface	FieldTurf
Architect	Populous (formerly HOK Sports)
General Contractor	Mortenson (in partnership with Thor)
Construction Cost	$288.5 million

Huntington Bank Stadium

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