Eugene, OR: So this is the best stadium in the US?

What is your point? Obviously there are bigger stadiums. 60000 people are not going to go to a track meet in the US.

Franklin Field

Coliseum

european T&F fan wrote:

... Look at the full big stadiums in Rome, Paris, Zurich, Brussels, etc. Comparing to them, this was like some village meeting...

Exactly. Oslo population is about 1.4 million??? Eugene population is about 150, 000. It is a village.

Heyward field is the best hands down in the U.S. Track Town U.S.A BABY GO DUCKS

It has been a while, but I do not recall the stadiums being full all that often.

Those cities are also much much larger than Eugene.

It's like comparing the top baseball stadiums in MLB to Wrigley Field. Wrigley sells out all the time, even with the Cubs losing all the time, because the atmosphere is memorable and it's a site to see. There are tons of baseball stadiums that are better when it comes to amenities, general comfort and being able to see the game, but Wrigley is historic and captures the imagination. Same goes for Hayward Field, although what takes place inside the stadium is 100x more entertaining than watching the Cubs. Hayward Field has history behind it.

Mt Sac is the most decorated stadium in America with 300 international Gold Medlaists.

Seattle is the Rift Valley of USA distance running.

SEC is Sprint Central USA

As long as there's no parking available Hayward will continue to be regarded as a crap stadium in a certified piss hole town.

Oregon, d-bag capital of running USA.

You mean the big full stadiums that hold soccer matches? The ones that are a quarter full during Diamond League events? Those stadiums?

Hayward field holds its own just fine strictly as a T&F facility. However, one big improvement they should do is replace the East Grandstand. They have maintained it well and you can feel the high quality Old Growth wood that is scarce in this day and age. But I think its the same East Grandstand that was there in Bill Hayward's day before WW2.

If nothing else remove the pillars that block the view of the scoreboard.

Eugene sucks, Weather sucks, Sac town has a bigger a better place to host. Nike makes it sound better then it really is. Only the "Nike: athletes say how great it is. BLA BLA BLA BLA

LA, NY San Fran all have better weather and could host. Eugene doesn't have enough hotels for all the athletes and fans.

Here is a picture of Penn Relays in Philadelphia. It's the biggest meet in the USA.

http://news.pennrelaysonline.com/2010/04/19/team-usa-prepares-for-lightning/

Hayward field only holds about 15,000 spectators. The only reason why the Prefontaine Classic is a diamond league is because of Nike and its money. But then again, more people attend it than the New York Diamond League.

Hate on Eugene and Hayward all you want but take that away and you will see a tremendous drop in any fan support and knowledge in the USA. Sadly this is one of the final staples holding the sport together in this country.

Which makes it hard to understand why everyone feels that bashing it is somehow productive. Oh wait...it's lets run...

ryan foreman wrote:

Hayward field holds its own just fine strictly as a T&F facility. However, one big improvement they should do is replace the East Grandstand.

Sacrilege!

This should never, ever be done. If you don't like the East Grandstand, don't sit there. But I and many others specifically request tickets there.

Leroy Jenkins wrote:

Here is a picture of Penn Relays in Philadelphia. It's the biggest meet in the USA.

http://news.pennrelaysonline.com/2010/04/19/team-usa-prepares-for-lightning/

Hayward field only holds about 15,000 spectators. The only reason why the Prefontaine Classic is a diamond league is because of Nike and its money. But then again, more people attend it than the New York Diamond League.

And the reason it remains large is that there are so many flipping events over so many days and hours that the stands are filled with friends and family.

Mt. Sac, on the other hand, people leave as soon as their races are over, family and friends, they are out of there.

Seen it many, many times. Sprinters races are over? The families all say "okay, let's get out of here," hit the highway and head back to town. By the time of the distance races, no one is hanging around except for old time track fans and distance fans.

Blowing.Rock Master wrote:

ryan foreman wrote:

Hayward field holds its own just fine strictly as a T&F facility. However, one big improvement they should do is replace the East Grandstand.

Sacrilege!

This should never, ever be done. If you don't like the East Grandstand, don't sit there. But I and many others specifically request tickets there.

Few has as much nostalgia about the East Stands at Hayward. I attended the yearly team, start of the year, team meetings there, various team meetings there, hung out there with team members at meets. Even had sex there late one night with my girlfriend.

Tear the sucker down, and build wrap around stadium, from the North turn, around to through the old East Stands, around the South turn, tear down the West stands, and build the new stadium up to the Bowerman Statue.

Progress!

If you take a look around the rest of the campus, with all the new buildings...Progress is good. At one time in the past, all that old crap, was PROGRESS. Time for new Progress.

A new vision.

my sac relays is the largest track meet in the world. it now has more athletes coaches fans than the combined relays at kansas drake penn texas florida stanford. mt sac is so large it simultaneously uses 4 tracks and 8 fields at the same time.