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. The stadium held 45750 people at its peak and was opened in 1914 with a game against Dartmouth. It closed in 1996 with a game against Dartmouth. Princeton University 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 horseshoeshaped which was modeled after the Greek Olympic Stadium but was wider including a fullsized track around the football field . It opened to the south facing Lake Carnegie and the grand main entrance was at the north./nIt hosted the Division I NCAA Mens Lacrosse Championship in 1981. From 1936 to its closing the tracks longjump record was held by Jesse Owens.
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