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The historic stadium was razed in 1987. The Life Sciences Building inhabits the area of the north stands, and Field Hall (formerly known as the Business and Economics building) inhabits the south. The former location of the playing field remains open as a field between the two buildings. At the
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The stadium, which cost approximately $ 740,000 to build, was located down the hill from Woodburn Hall, and bordered by Campus Drive to the north, University Avenue to the east, Woodburn and Chitwood Halls to the south, and eventually Beechurst Avenue on the west. It was built into the natural
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was opened on the site of the Morgantown Country Club to the north of the Downtown (main) campus, on what has become the Health Sciences campus.
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southwestern corner, there is a horseshoe-shaped monument to the stadium that was erected in 2005.
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The stadium opened on September 27, 1924 with a 21–6 win against
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valley of the area, and was a square-cornered horseshoe.
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