Rainy Sunday Mornings . . .

Saturday Was all about FOOTBALL in Morgantown, - THE BLUE THE GOLD THE GREEN THE WHITE.....but after the game, we all went back to being West Virginians. My parents and I ate after the game at a small family owned ITALIAN Restaurant Puglioni's. The family at the next table had on green and white - I must admit they were the only Marshall Fans in the restaurant but everyone was very pleasant, and said " you guys plays with a lot of heart, and I'm certain you'll have a winning season." someone else mentioned a recovered 'fumble.' People in WV are most usually very NICE, don't ya think!
If you haven't been to Mountaineer Field its a place of beauty. My parents moved to Touchdown Terrace when it was completed - as my Mom has health & mobility problems, but I know my Dad longs for the day when I'll agree to accompany my Mom and he can return to his seats on the 35 yard in Section 127. TOUCHDOWN TERRACE has great amenities but you CAN"T SEE the game - its the End Zone!
Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium, in Morgantown, West Virginia, is the football stadium for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, NCAA, Bowl Sub-division football team.
The original Mountaineer Field was located on the school's downtown campus, but it could not be expanded or modernized due to the proximity of campus buildings and roads near the stadium. It seated 38,000 when it was last used in 1979. The new stadium was originally to be called Mountaineer Stadium, but the fans ignored this and called it New Mountaineer Field, with the "new" eventually falling into disuse. Mountaineer Field was constructed in 1980 on the former site of a golf course between the Law School and Medical School buildings. The stadium's original cost was $22 million. Upon completion it had a seating capacity of 50,000. The stadium has been expanded as follows: in 1985, 7,500 seats were added to the south end zone for $7.5 million, the next year 6,000 seats were added to the north end zone for $650,000, and in 2004 luxury suites were added for a cost of $21.1 million, the entire cost of the project paid for privately by a donation from local generic pharmaceutical magnate, Milan Puskar. The most recent expansion actually reduced the seating capacity by 3,500, so the current capacity is 60,000. In summer of 2007 approximately 500 seats were added in the corners of the north end zone and above the weight room in the south end zone. Although the University of South Florida plays at the larger Raymond James Stadium, home of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the University of Pittsburgh plays at Heinz Field, home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, Mountaineer Field is still the largest on-campus facility in the Big East Conference. There are five banks of lights located on the perimeter of the stadium and one long bank along the top of the press box. The field surface was replaced in the summer of 2007, after the 5 year old playing surface was beginning to show signs of wear. The company that installed the 5 year old surface went out of business and was not available to maintain the worn surface. There are 12 luxury seats on the first level of the press box, 18 in the north end zone, and 648 club seats in the north end zone called "Touchdown Terrace".
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