In 1919 the Ohio State University trustees dedicated 92 acres west of Neil Avenue along the Olentangy River for the construction of Ohio Stadium to house the popular Buckeyes football team that was at the time playing at Ohio Field. President William Oxley Thompson called it the University's "greatest single enterprise."
Architect Howard Dwight Smith, a civil engineer and Ohio State alumnus who was known for designing mansions in New York City. He drew up plans for the Horseshoe using attributes from of Harvard and Yale, two of the largest football stadiums at the time.
Ground was broken for Ohio Stadium in 1921 to hold 63,000 fans. Twice the height of the campus library, Ohio Stadium was the first horseshoe-shaped double-deck stadium in the United States. Ohio Stadium’s formal dedication at the OSU-Michigan game in 1922 saw the stadium packed with 71,385 fans thanks to the addition of temporary bleachers. Smith won the American Institute of Architects gold medal in public architecture.
In the summer of 2000, construction began on major updates on Ohio Stadium. The playing field was sunk to create a new seating deck replacing the track surrounding the field. The 'Shoe also was permanently enclosed at the south end and seating above C deck was added, as well as as a new 30-by-90-foot scoreboard. When the Buckeyes kicked off their 2001 season, Ohio Stadium seated 99,000 fans. The total cost of the renovation was $194 million.
In 2013, Ohio State announced plans to add an additional 2,500 seats in the south endzone at Ohio Stadium which increased the seating capacity to 104,851, making Ohio Stadium the third largest stadium in college football in 2014. After additional updates in 2018, the seating capacity of Ohio Stadium is now 102,780.
The largest crowd in stadium history is 110,045, set November 26, 2016, in a game against Michigan. Ohio State has regularly ranked in the top five for attendance and was the national leader in attendance for the 2014 season, averaging 106,296 people per game.
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