Grand Forks Herald

PLANS MADE FOR HUGE STADIUM

Students and Alumni of Illinois "U" Will Erect $2,000,000 Structure.

Urbana, Ill., Oct. 18.--New plans for the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium call for a three-deck seating arrangement, an entirely distinct and unique feature in collegiate stadium construction designs.

This novel plan will provide seating capacity for 75,000 people along the sides of the gridiron, and will eliminate seats on the curved ends.

The stadium will be the center of a recreation field of 100 acres. The total cost will be $2,500,000, all of which will be donated by students and alumni without state aid. It will extend 1,000 feet north and south, 650 feet east and west, and the seats will be concentrated between the two center stands along a frontage of 520 feet.

The two balconies over the ground floor, towering 107 feet, will be supported by cantilevers from the rear, so that columns will not obstruct the view of spectators.

Under each side of the stadium there is to be a hall to be known respectively as East Memorial hall and West Memorial hall, in which are to be placed the memorial columns and tablets dedicated to the 183 Illini who fell in the war. All seats will be dedicated to fighting forces of the state and university.

A gridiron, baseball diamond, quarter mile track and 220 yard straightaway are to be enclosed within the stadium, while on the recreation field is planned 25 baseball diamonds, 100 lawn and clay tennis courts, 10 gridirons, soccer and hockey fields, basketball and handball courts, a polo field, and perhaps an artificial ice skating rink.

Practically $700,000 has already been subscribed by students. The remaining funds are to be pledged by the university's 50,000 graduates and former students.