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| ===== Design and construction ===== | ===== Design and construction ===== |
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| <html><div style="float:right; padding-left:20px; padding-bottom:15px;"> | {{http://scua.library.umass.edu/images/referenceimages/RG150-0004780.png?350|McGuirk Stadium}} |
| <a href="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004780.png"><img src="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004780.png" alt="McGuirk Stadium" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333; padding:5px;" /></a> | {{http://scua.library.umass.edu/images/referenceimages/RG150-0004791.png?350|McGuirk Stadium}} |
| <br /><a href="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004791.png"><img src="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004791.png" alt="McGuirk Stadium" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333; padding:5px;" /></a> | {{http://scua.library.umass.edu/images/referenceimages/RG150-0004785.png?350|McGuirk Stadium}} |
| <br /><a href="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004785.png"><img src="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004785.png" alt="McGuirk Stadium" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333; padding:5px;" /></a> | {{http://scua.library.umass.edu/images/referenceimages/RG150-0004783.png?350|McGuirk Stadium}} |
| <br /><a href="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004783.png"><img src="http://scua.library.umass.edu/speccollimages/referenceimages/RG150-0004783.png" alt="McGuirk Stadium" style="width:220px; border:1px solid #333; padding:5px;" /></a> | |
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| By 1960, the growth of the University and its burgeoning football program made the construction of a new sports facility a top priority. From the beginning, the stadium was conceived as a multi-purpose facility which could be used for other sports as well as for ceremonial occasions. A sweeping concrete structure whose bold curves and open space express and exploit the vocabulary of its material, McGuirk Stadium was the first major concrete stadium to be built in the Northeast since 1920. One unusual feature is its raised design: the lowest seats in the stands are more than twelve feet off the ground. | By 1960, the growth of the University and its burgeoning football program made the construction of a new sports facility a top priority. From the beginning, the stadium was conceived as a multi-purpose facility which could be used for other sports as well as for ceremonial occasions. A sweeping concrete structure whose bold curves and open space express and exploit the vocabulary of its material, McGuirk Stadium was the first major concrete stadium to be built in the Northeast since 1920. One unusual feature is its raised design: the lowest seats in the stands are more than twelve feet off the ground. |
