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Originally Posted by Prison Bitch
Apocryphal perhaps, but I’ve always heard KSU had the biggest arena in America when it opened (14k). And the state had the two biggest when Phog opened 4 years later (17,000). I’ve tried verifying this myself and I haven’t found any contrary evidence
It’s possible Ahearn had to go but that doesn’t explain why it’s still in use by KSU today. I’d bet the same folks who designed and built it, then worked on Phog too
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It was 14k. But that didn’t last long. Fire Marshal ended that quickly.
And going back through some stuff, Bramlage is not the building that was presented in the original discussion. Not even close. It was supposed to be round and have two levels. Limestone on the outside. And was supposed to hold 16k.
Ahearn is in use today because they made the requisite upgrades to the facility to allow up to 6500 fans to watch a game. But even when I was a kid it was a raised floor over dirt. You could look up to the ceiling from the outer concourse and see the dirt in in the air above the scoreboard. I had a lot of fun there.