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The original was posted on /r/cfb by /u/wiederrj on 2025-07-27 15:07:23+00:00.
Miami in the 60s/70s needed a replacement for Miami Field, one of the oldest stadiums in football. We received a gift from an alum in the form of Xerox stock to fund a new stadium, except by the time it vested the stock had lost significant value. We couldn’t afford one of the two planned grandstands so instead they just repurposed the bleachers from old Miami Field to save money. A real grandstand wouldn’t be completed for the first 20+ years of the Yager Stadium’s history, all because Xerox tanked in the 70s.
I imagine we’re not alone in having weird stadium planning, construction, or renovation stories. It’s the offseason so why not?