Trojans1andAll Wrote:Question for MaXx.

The picture in your posts says "FIU Community Stadium".  Did the city put up part of the money for the stadium like Troy?  Does the stadium host high school games or any other non-FIU events?  Last, how old is the stadium and who decided on that design?

Just curious.  Glad to have FIU coming to the Sun Belt. :)

GO TROJANS!

Well to answer your questions I'll just post what's on the FIU site, it pretty much answers everything you asked.

Quote:The FIU football team trains and plays at the on-campus facility, FIU Stadium, located on University Park, 11200 Southwest 8 Street, Miami.

Opened in the fall of 1995 at a cost of more than $3 million, the stadium is situated on land that straddles the university and Miami-Dade County-owned Tamiami Park. This cooperative effort with the State of Florida, Miami-Dade County Parks and Recreation, the county commission and the Dade County Youth Fair, Inc., was the first known project in South Florida that involved a partnership of state, county and private interests.

As upgrades to the stadium, the university invested another $825,000 for the installation of its state-of-the-art AstroPlay artificial playing surface. Billed as a new concept in turf systems, it is a grass-like, non-abrasive, polyethylene fiver matrix that is filled with special rubber granules. Field drainage is superb.

For the 2004 season, seating capacity is set at 17,000+ with an ultimate goal of building a 30,000-seat stadium (with long-range capability to expand).

Besides FIU athletics, the stadium remains a primary venue for high school football and track competitions and special events. Several of the university’s commencement exercises, homecoming festivities and concerts have all take place there.

That's just part of the stadium description, if you want to read more about it you can read here:

<a href='http://www.fiusports.com/football/stadium.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.fiusports.com/football/stadium.htm</a>