The Gaylord Family - Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is the on-campus football facility for the University of Oklahoma Sooners in Norman, Oklahoma. The official capacity of the stadium following recent renovations is 82,112, making it the 14th largest college stadium in the United States and the 3rd largest in the Big XII Conference (behind Kyle Field at Texas A&M University and Memorial Stadium at the University of Nebraska. The record attendance for the stadium was set during a 2005 home game against Texas A&M with 84,943 in attendance. The stadium is also the site of Spring Commencement exercises for the University.

	Capacity		82,112
	Opened		1925
	Owner		University of Oklahoma
	Operator		University of Oklahoma
	Surface		Grass
	Location		180 W Brooks Norman, OK 73019
	Construction cost		$293,000 USD

The stadium is a horseshoe-shaped facility with its long axis oriented north/south, with the north end enclosed and the south end open. Visitor seating is in the south end zone and the southern sections of the east side. The student seating sections are in the east stands, surrounding the 350-member Pride of Oklahoma which sits between the 20- and 35-yard lines. The Sooners’ bench was also located on the east side with the students, but the home bench was moved to the west (shady) side in the mid-1990s so the Sooners can take respite in the tall shadow of the press box from the sweltering August and September heat – a key advantage for the Sooners against teams from cooler climates or with inadequate heat conditioning.

There are two main reasons why the stadium is not a fully-enclosed “bowl” like, for example, Michigan Stadium or the Rose Bowl. First, access to the three outdoor football practice fields, which are behind the south end zone seats, would have been restricted by completely enclosing the south end of the stadium. Secondly, any enclosure would have forced the baseball field, which shared its outfield with the practice fields until 1982, to shorten its left field line considerably.

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