University Of Michigan 550 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle - The Big House

A 550 piece puzzle (18" x 24") featuring the University of Michigan's Football Stadium, home of the Wolverines, located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Photo by Martin Vloet, University of Michigan Photo Services: 550 piece jigsaw puzzle: Item 348: Finished size 18" X 24"

Michigan Stadium, nicknamed The Big House, is the football stadium for the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Michigan Stadium has often been called "The Carnegie Hall of all Sports" and is also known as "the House that Yost built^."  It was built in 1927, at a cost of $950,000 and had an original capacity of 72,000. Prior to playing football at the stadium, the Wolverines played on Ferry Field. Today, Michigan Stadium has an official capacity of 106,201, due to renovations for the 2008 season. The stadium previously had a capacity of 107,501 spectators. The football game attendance often exceeds 111,000 when band members, stadium staff, and others are added. The largest crowd in NCAA college football history was 112,118 on November 22, 2003 for a game against Ohio State.

Currently the stadium lists as the second largest in the United States, behind Penn State's Beaver Stadium, due to a reduction of 1,300 seats resulting from a lawsuit filed on behalf of disabled patrons.  Notwithstanding the reduction in official seating capacity due to the renovations, Michigan has retained its number one ranking in actual attendance. The former official capacity of 107,501 made The Big House the largest stadium in the United States up until the recent changes. Current renovations are expected to be completed in time for the 2010 Football season. These renovations will bring the capacity up to 108,000, once again making it the largest football stadium in the country. It is the fourth largest stadium in the world, and the 31st largest sports venue in general (which includes auto racing and horse racing tracks, among others).  There is one "extra seat" in Michigan Stadium "reserved" by former head coach Fielding Yost for the then athletic director Fritz Crisler, although its location is not specified.  Home games are invariably sellouts, and residents of Ann Arbor are aware of "football Saturdays" because of the influx of traffic and business at local establishments. The size of the crowd in the stadium nearly matches the city's population of 114,000.
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