DU Stadium

DU Stadium (sometimes referred to as Hilltop Stadium) was a stadium in Denver, Colorado. Built in 1926, the crescent-shaped main grandstand design was based on other similar-sized stadiums from the same the time period, Brown Stadium and Cornell's Schoellkopf Field. It hosted the University of Denver Pioneers football team until the football program was discontinued in 1961, due to mounting deficits. The stadium held 30,000 people at its peak. The stadium was torn down in the 1970s, and a few remnants remain today. The light towers now stand in working order at Englewood (Colo.) High School's football field, and the old line markers are housed at Penrose Library on the University of Denver campus. DU played its first football game in...