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UB to Host NRU Playoff Game at UB Stadium
UB to Host NRU Playoff Game at UB Stadium - Nov 2, 2006
Buffalo to play Saturday under the lights against Harvard
UB to Host NRU Playoff Game at UB Stadium
BUFFALO, NY - The University at Buffalo men's rugby club has announced that it's NRU Playoff game against Harvard will be held at UB Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 4. Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m.
The game will be the first non-varsity sporting event at the stadium since the World University Games in 1993. Buffalo is the NRU #2 seed, while Harvard earned the #7.
"We are extremely excited about the opportunity to host an important playoff game at such a great venue," said Mickey McGuire, head coach of the UB club. "Playing under the lights just adds to the magnitude of this event."
Directions to the venue can be obtained at:
http://www.ubathletics.buffalo.edu/about/directions.shtml
Completed in the summer of 1993, UB Stadium is the home of the football Bulls, UB's track and field teams and, beginning in the 2005 season, UB's men's and women's soccer teams.
The official ground-breaking of UB Stadium was held on September 17, 1991, and the $23 million complex was financed by the New York State Dormitory Authority. The stadium was the site of track and field competition and closing ceremonies for the 1993 World University Games, an event which attracted more than 5,000 athletes from over 130 countries. The facility was also the site of the 1998 men's and women's NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the first Division I championship ever contested in Western New York.
A new generation of artificial surface - Sportexe Momentum - was installed in the stadium in the summer of 2005. An eight-lane, 400-meter track circles the stadium's infield, with 186-foot, free-standing light towers providing lighting for nighttime events. The stadium also houses administrative offices and meeting rooms, state-of-the-art training facilities, physical conditioning equipment, two large locker rooms capable of housing 800 athletes, 12 luxury suites and a 45-seat press box. The capacity of UB Stadium is 29,013.
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