The Big House is Ann Arbor’s city within a city
Ann Arbor is the sixth-largest city in Michigan. On game weekends it becomes the eight… if you count The Big House as its own community. A Nebraska paper offers a good thumbnail history of the stadium that could be its own city.Excerpt:"Yost, who coached at Nebraska in the 1890s, pioneered the building project that broke ground in 1926 and opened Oct. 1, 1927 with a 33-0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan. And since a mid-season matchup against Indiana in 1975, every game has drawn a crowd of 100,000-plus to Michigan Stadium. They even had a hockey game — the Big Chill at the Big House last December — reel in six-digit attendance."Read the rest here
Ann Arbor is the sixth-largest city in Michigan. On game weekends it becomes the eight… if you count The Big House as its own community. A Nebraska paper offers a good thumbnail history of the stadium that could be its own city.
Excerpt:
“Yost, who coached at Nebraska in the 1890s, pioneered the building project that broke ground in 1926 and opened Oct. 1, 1927 with a 33-0 victory over Ohio Wesleyan. And since a mid-season matchup against Indiana in 1975, every game has drawn a crowd of 100,000-plus to Michigan Stadium. They even had a hockey game — the Big Chill at the Big House last December — reel in six-digit attendance.”
Read the rest here
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