In Reply to: Re: Our on-campus stadium posted by ucla'93 on November 18, 2024 at 22:37:39
Drake was built in 1969, capacity of 11,700. Students pushed back on the 44K stadium as well as influential neighbors and politicians. From Wiki.
"There was a proposal in 1965 to build a 44,000 seat "Multi-Purpose Stadium" on campus, for UCLA Bruins track meets and varsity football games, rather than the Bruins using the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum for their home field.[1] In both spring and fall 1965, UCLA students "voted by a two-to-one majority against the proposal to use fee funds to build a football stadium."[2] Additionally, the proposal was opposed by influential area residents and politicians.[3][4] By February 1966, UCLA had scaled back the project to the Drake Stadium configuration. Although the football stadium never became a reality, there have been scrimmage games in the stadium."