Palmer Stadium

Palmer Stadium is a stadium in Mercer County, United States that opened in 1914. Its recorded capacity is 42,000.

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Palmer Stadium
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Key facts

Palmer Stadium is a stadium in Mercer County, United States that opened in 1914. Its recorded capacity is 42,000. It is owned by Princeton University. It is operated by Rice University and Princeton University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Princeton Tigers, Princeton Tigers, 1950 Princeton Tigers football team, 1951 Princeton Tigers football team, 1920 Princeton Tigers football team, 1922 Princeton Tigers football team, 1933 Princeton Tigers football team, 1935 Princeton Tigers football team, 1913 Princeton Tigers football team, 1914 Princeton Tigers football team, 1917 Princeton Tigers football team, 1918 Princeton Tigers football team, 1919 Princeton Tigers football team, 1921 Princeton Tigers football team, 1923 Princeton Tigers football team, 1924 Princeton Tigers football team, 1925 Princeton Tigers football team, 1926 Princeton Tigers football team, 1927 Princeton Tigers football team, 1928 Princeton Tigers football team, 1929 Princeton Tigers football team, 1930 Princeton Tigers football team, 1931 Princeton Tigers football team, 1932 Princeton Tigers football team, 1934 Princeton Tigers football team, 1947 Princeton Tigers football team, 1941 Princeton Tigers football team.

Location
Mercer County, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
42,000
Opened
1914
Status
Demolished
Current owner
Princeton University
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Natural grass
Location of Palmer Stadium
Palmer Stadium

Palmer Stadium is at latitude 40.345755, longitude -74.65003, in Mercer County, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Palmer Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude40.345755
Longitude-74.65003
CityMercer County
RegionMercer County
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Palmer Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Palmer Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerPrinceton UniversityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorRice UniversityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorPrinceton UniversityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Palmer Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Princeton TigersNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Princeton TigersNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1950 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1951 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1920 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1922 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1933 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1935 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1913 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1914 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1917 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1918 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1919 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1921 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1923 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1924 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1925 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1926 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1927 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1928 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1929 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1930 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1931 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1932 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1934 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1947 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource
1941 Princeton Tigers football teamNot mapped1914 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

36 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Palmer Stadium
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23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722047652026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13722047652026-09
23 September 2026venueswikipedia_titlePalmer_StadiumPalmer Stadium2026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Palmer Stadium (revision 1372204765). Wikidata item: Q788510.