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Inside The Ohio University Bobcat Football facilities -Peden Stadium - Athens Ohio

Peden Stadium, also known as Frank Solich Field at Peden Stadium since August 2022,[3] is an American football stadium on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. Situated on the banks of the Hocking River with a seated capacity of 28,000,[4] Peden Stadium has been the home of the Ohio Bobcats Football team since 1929. An example of early 20th Century sports venues, it is the oldest college football venue in the Mid-American Conference , the second oldest in Ohio, and the 29th oldest college stadium in the nation. The stadium was named in honor of Don C. Peden, a coach and director of athletics at Ohio University for 27 years. He was one of the founders of the Mid-American Conference and a national force in intercollegiate athletics, especially football and baseball. He was born in Kewanee, IL, and died in 1970 at the age of 71.[6] The facility, originally known as Ohio Stadium, not to be mistaken for Ohio Stadium in Columbus, was built at a cost of $185,000 and was completed in 1929. The stadium originally sat 12,000 fans with grandstands on each side of the playing field.[6] The first game at the venue featured a 14–0 Bobcats victory over archrival Miami University in front of a sellout crowd. Following the retirement of legendary Ohio football coach Don Peden in 1946, the stadium was renamed Peden Stadium. It was designed by Osborn Engineering, who designed other sports venues such as Yankee Stadium, Fenway Park, and Cleveland Stadium. The "Bobcat's Lair"[citation needed] has undergone several modifications through the years. In 1986, the seating capacity was increased to 19,000 with the addition of two new grandstands in the north end zone. Four years later, a five story tower, called the Peden Tower, was added to the stadium's west side. Today, it houses press boxes, game-day suites, football offices, athletic training facilities, team meeting rooms, a recruiting lounge, a ticket office, the football locker room, and Ohio Athletics' academic services and compliance departments. In 1999, a new 10,000-square-foot (930 m2) strength and conditioning center called The Carin Center was added to the ground level of Peden Stadium. Several other historic events have occurred at the Stadium, including a visit by then President Lyndon B. Johnson, as well as an event which featured a landing by helicopter on the 50-yard line by former President Eisenhower. The stadium has served as a venue for many visiting national collegiate teams including the Big Ten. A bronze life-sized sculpture of an Ohio Bobcat, stands poised at the north of the stadium outside of the Sook Academic Center.[7] In 2009, in anticipation of the 75th anniversary of its construction in 2011, after a suggestion by Alumnus Michael Msssa, Peden Stadium was officially designated an Ohio Historical Site, and an historical marker erected in Drew Park.[6] In August 2022, the University announced that the Board of Trustees agreed to name the football field in Peden Stadium for former head coach Frank Solich, who served as the head coach for the football program from 2005-21 and earned the title of Winningest Coach in the Mid-American Conference with a 115-82 overall record.[3] Through 2022 Ohio remained unbeaten on the new field.