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Rice Stadium

Rice Stadium is a stadium in Houston, United States that opened in 1950. Its recorded capacity is 47,000.

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Rice Stadium
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Key facts

Rice Stadium is a stadium in Houston, United States that opened in 1950. Its recorded capacity is 47,000. It is owned by Rice University. It is operated by Rice University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. It has been known by 2 names in total, including Rice Field. Current tenants are Houston Cougars football, Rice Owls, Rice Owls football, 2010 Rice Owls football team, 2011 Rice Owls football team, 2012 Rice Owls football team, 2013 Rice Owls football team, 2014 Rice Owls football team, 2015 Rice Owls football team, 1953 Rice Owls football team, 1957 Rice Owls football team, 2016 Rice Owls football team, 2017 Rice Owls football team, 2019 Rice Owls football team, 1988 Rice Owls football team, 2009 Rice Owls football team, 1952 Houston Cougars football team, 1957 Houston Cougars football team, 1999 Rice Owls football team, 2000 Rice Owls football team, 2001 Rice Owls football team, 2002 Rice Owls football team, 2003 Rice Owls football team, 2004 Rice Owls football team, 2005 Rice Owls football team, 2006 Rice Owls football team, 2007 Rice Owls football team, 2008 Rice Owls football team, Houston Cougars, Texas Southern Tigers, Bluebonnet Bowl, Houston Roughnecks, Houston Gamblers.

Location
Houston, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
47,000
Opened
1950
Status
Active
Current owner
Rice University
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
1
Playing surface
Artificial turf, Natural grass
Location of Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium

Rice Stadium is at latitude 29.716389, longitude -95.409167, in Houston, 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 Rice Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude29.716389
Longitude-95.409167
CityHouston
RegionHouston
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Rice Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceArtificial turfWikipedia infoboxSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

Naming history of Rice Stadium

Rice Stadium has carried 2 recorded names. Houston Stadium (no sponsor) ran Present. Rice Field (no sponsor) ran Unknown.

Data table for this chart
Every recorded name of Rice Stadium, with sponsor, dates and source
NameSponsorPeriodDeal valueTermConfidenceSource
Houston StadiumNonePresentNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource
Rice FieldNoneUnknownNot publishedNot publishedWikipedia infoboxSource

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Rice Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerRice UniversityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorRice UniversityPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Rice Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Houston Cougars footballNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Rice OwlsNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Rice Owls footballNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2010 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2011 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2012 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2013 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2014 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2015 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1953 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1957 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2016 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2017 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2019 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1988 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2009 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1952 Houston Cougars football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1957 Houston Cougars football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
1999 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2000 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2001 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2002 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2003 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2004 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2005 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2006 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2007 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
2008 Rice Owls football teamNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Houston CougarsNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Texas Southern TigersNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Bluebonnet BowlNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Houston RoughnecksNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource
Houston GamblersNCAA Division I FBSPresentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

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

Change log for Rice Stadium
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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: Rice Stadium (Rice University) (revision 1373807602). Wikidata item: Q1857419.

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