Business View Magazine | October 2019

217 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE OCTOBER 2019 YAGER STADIUM Graduating champions Y ager Stadium is a football stadium in Oxford, Ohio, and home to Miami University men’s football team, the RedHawks. It has a seating capacity of 24,286, and was built in 1983 as a replacement for Miami Cook Field, which had been used since 1895. The stadium was named for Fred C. Yager, class of 1914, who was the lead benefactor in the project to build the new facility. In addition to the football team, Yager Stadium is also utilized by the university’s club and intramural sports programs, other university programs, and various outside groups. Due to the successes of Miami’s football program, the university has undertaken a continued series of facility upgrades beginning in 2003 with the addition of a FieldTurf playing surface. Other substantial upgrades of the facility include: broadcast-quality permanent lighting, a scoreboard including a Daktronics video board, and a new “Cradle of Coaches” plaza on the south side of the facility in 2004; and new student bleacher sections on the east sideline and the AT A GLANCE YAGER STADIUM WHAT: A college football stadium WHERE: Miami University, Oxford, Ohio WEBSITE: www.miamiredhawks.com/sports/2018/6/7/facilities-yager-stadium- guide-15-html.aspx