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| Location | Princeton, NJ |
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| Owner | Princeton University |
| Operator | Princeton University |
| Capacity | 42,000 |
| Surface | Natural Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June, 1914 |
| Opened | October 24, 1914 |
| Closed | November 23, 1996 |
| Demolished | Winter, 1997 |
| Architect | Henry J. Hardenburgh |
| Tenants | |
| Princeton Tigers (Football & Track and Field) (1914–1996) | |
Palmer Stadium was a stadium in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It hosted the Princeton University Tigers football team, as well as the track and field team. [1] The stadium held 45,750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 with a game against Dartmouth. Princeton Stadium was built on the site (albeit pushed slightly further north) in 1997. The building was named for Stephen S. Palmer, a trustee of the university, by his son, Edgar Palmer III. Like Harvard Stadium, it was horseshoe-shaped (which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium), but was wider, including a full-sized track (around the football field) . It opened to the south (facing Lake Carnegie) and the grand main entrance was at the north.
It hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing, the track's long-jump record was held by Jesse Owens.
Palmer Stadium also hosted the NFL's New York Giants for one exhibition game per year from 1965 -1975, the first ten years seeing them face the Philadelphia Eagles and then the Pittsburgh Steelers in 1975.
