Meade Stadium

John E. "Jack" Meade Stadium
Construction
Meade Stadium, Summer 2006
Former names	URI Stadium (1928–1935)
Location	Keaney Ave Kingston, RI 02881
Owner	University of Rhode Island
Operator	University of Rhode Island
Capacity	6,555 (2009–present)^[1] 5,180 (2003–2008) 6,470 (2000–2002) 8,000 (1994–1999) 10,000 (1965–1993) 8,500 (1961–1964) 6,000 (1952–1960) 4,500 (1949–1951) 4,000 (1933–1948) 2,500 (1928–1932)
Surface	Grass
Broke ground	1928
Opened	September 22, 1928
Tenants
Rhode Island Rams football

Meade Stadium is a 6,555-seat multi-purpose stadium in Kingston, Rhode Island. It is home to the University of Rhode Island Rams football team. The facility opened in 1928. It was renamed in 1936 to honor John E. "Jack" Meade, class of 1915, longtime Rhode Island politician and booster, who was said to have never missed a game in the stadium until his death in 1972.

The stadium has undergone many changes in its history. The old field house was built in 1933, and in 1934 the west stands and press box were opened, with a capacity of 1,500. In 1978 the 50-row steel grandstand was erected on the east side of, bringing the total capacity up to 8,000. Various other projects, including a press box expansion and modernization of the turf and scoreboard, took place soon after. In 2000, the west stands and field house were razed to make way for the Ryan Center. During the 2006 football season, a new set of west stands opened abutting the Ryan Center, whose east luxury boxes also look down on Meade Stadium.

2008, Visitor Stands built into side of Ryan Center.

References

↑ "Rhode Island Rams" (PDF). Colonial Athletic Association. 2009. Retrieved September 7, 2013.

External links

Meade Stadium from GoRhody.com
Interactive Map Of FCS College Football Stadiums: Click on the Rhode Island Logo to get a satellite view & directions to the stadium

University of Rhode Island

Facilities	Bill Beck Field Bradford R. Boss Arena Center for Ocean Exploration and Archaeological Oceanography Keaney Gymnasium Meade Stadium Ryan Center University of Rhode Island Botanical Gardens and Everett P. Christopher Arboretum

Athletics	Baseball 2013 Men's basketball Football Men's ice hockey Women's ice hockey Men's soccer 2014

Media	U.R.I. Rams Radio WRIU

Rhode Island Rams football

Venues	Meade Stadium (1928–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Brown Connecticut

Culture & lore	Rhody the Ram

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Football stadiums of the Colonial Athletic Association

Bob Ford Field (Albany)
Delaware Stadium (Delaware)
Rhodes Stadium (Elon)
Bridgeforth Stadium (James Madison)
Morse Field at Alfond Stadium (Maine)
Wildcat Stadium (New Hampshire)
Meade Stadium (Rhode Island)
E. Claiborne Robins Stadium (Richmond)
Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Stony Brook)
Johnny Unitas Stadium (Towson)
Villanova Stadium (Villanova)
Zable Stadium (William & Mary)

College football venues in Rhode Island

Division I
FCS

CAA	Meade Stadium (Rhode Island)

Ivy League	Brown Stadium (Brown)

Northeast	Bulldog Stadium (Bryant)

Division III

NEFC	Toppa Field at Freebody Park (Salve Regina)

Coordinates: 41°29′17″N 71°32′05″W / 41.488006°N 71.534643°W / 41.488006; -71.534643

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