Congress Launches Historic Stadium Caucus To Protect America's Most-Treasured Stadiums Non-partisan effort aims to preserve/enhance such venues as the Rose Bowl and Tiger Stadium By Dan Daley, Audio Editor
Wednesday, August 30, 2023 - 7:00 am
Print This Story | Subscribe
Story Highlights
Announced on Aug. 25 by U.S. Representatives Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) and Mark Pocan (D-Wisconsin), the bipartisan Historic Stadium Caucus will work on preserving the legacy and protecting the integrity of the country's treasured venues while enhancing their capabilities to host world-class sports events and concerts for generations to come.
When Tiger fans walk into Death Valley on Saturday nights, they do more than watch a football game, said Graves, whose district includes Tiger Stadium, home of the LSU Tigers. They walk into a 99-year-old local icon that supports our regional economy. Every bowl of jambalaya scooped and Tiger Dog served injects jobs and resources into our community.
The caucus is intended to bring much-needed attention to historic stadiums that were among the first major athletic venues in the U.S. and continue to host some of sport and entertainment's marquee events each year. Furthermore, the sponsors state, these historic venues are economic catalysts for local economies and emergency-preparedness centers for local, county, and state agencies.
LSU's Tiger Stadium is among 18 iconic venues participating in the new Historic Stadium Caucus.
Historic stadiums, like Camp Randall Stadium, where the University of Wisconsin-Madison Badgers play, serve a vital role in our communities, said Pocan, who district is home to the Badgers. Not only are they where memories are made and young people get inspired to play sports, but they're often hubs of economic activity.
Among the stadiums targeted is the oldest football stadium in the country: University of Pennsylvania's Franklin Field, which opened in 1895.
The Rose Bowl Stadium, built in 1922 in Pasadena, CA, has hosted five Super Bowl games, gold-medal matches for two Olympic Games with a third coming in 2028, two FIFA World Cup Finals, the 1982 Army-Navy Game, UCLA Football since 1982, and the annual Rose Bowl Game since 1923. Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, now in its centennial year, will host its third Olympic Games in 2028, having hosted in 1932 and 1984. The Rose Bowl and Memorial Coliseum will become the first venues in history to host the Olympic Games three times.
Wisconsin's Camp Randall Stadium has been home to the Wisconsin Badgers football team since 1917 and witnessed the rise of football icons like Heisman Trophy winner Alan Ameche and J.J. Watt. LSU's Tiger Stadium, entering its centennial season in 2024, has seen multiple NFL superstars jumpstart their careers, from quarterbacks Y.A. Tittle in the 1940s to Joe Burrow in the 2010s.
At the launch, 18 of the most iconic college football venues are committed to participating in the Historic Stadium Caucus:
Beaver Stadium (Penn State University, State College)
Camp Randall Stadium (University of Wisconsin, Madison)
Cotton Bowl (Dallas)
Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State University, Starkville)
Franklin Field (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia)
Husky Stadium (University of Washington, Seattle)
Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn University, Auburn, AL)
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (University of Southern California
Memorial Stadium (University of California, Berkeley)
Memorial Stadium (University of Illinois, Champaign)
Memorial Stadium (Clemson University, Clemson, SC)
Nippert Stadium (University of Cincinnati)
Rose Bowl Stadium (Pasadena)
SJSU Spartan Stadium (San Jose State University, San Jose, CA)
Tiger Stadium (Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge)
Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Field (University of Mississippi, Oxford)
Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke University, Durham, NC)
Yale Bowl (Yale University, New Haven, CT).
For more information on the Historic Stadium Caucus, contact:
Rep. Pocan: Erin Schnell at erin.schnell@mail.house.gov or 202-225-2906
Rep. Graves: Logan De La Barre-Hays at logan.delabarrehays@mail.house.gov or 202-225-3901
For more information on America's historic stadiums, contact Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation President Dedan Brozino at dbrozino@rosebowlstadium.com or 626-577-2540
Most recent headlines
09/11/2025
Dalet today announced a transformative leap forward for media operations: Agentic Artificial Intelligence (AI) that unifies the Dalet ecosystem under one natura...
21/10/2025
As Amazon's Prime Video prepares to launch its coverage of NBA basketball under a major new deal, Grup Mediapro has announced that it is working with the st...
21/10/2025
ATLANTA Good news for consumers using an Atlanta DTH receiver to watch ATSC 3.0: with a new software update, they will be able to blanket their homes with Wi-Fi...
21/10/2025
While recent news has been heavily focused on Hispanic migration into the U.S., The 2025 Hispanic Market Report from Claritas highlights the fact that this gr...
21/10/2025
MAIDENHEAD, UK RWS has hired Michael Wayne as its head of media and entertainment in Los Angeles where he will lead the company's media localization busines...
21/10/2025
Imagine Communications and Rohde & Schwarz today announced a definitive agreement under which Imagine will acquire Pixel Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiar...
21/10/2025
Atlanta DTH (ADTH) today announced a major update that will expand the functionality of its NEXTGEN TV receiver by enabling gateway capabilities allowing viewer...
21/10/2025
Heartland Video Systems, Inc. (HVS), a premier video systems integration, consulting, and expert ATSC 3.0 implementation firm announces that it has partnered wi...
21/10/2025
QuickLink, the leading provider of award-winning video production and remote guest integration solutions, today announced the appointment of Austin Hinton as it...
21/10/2025
nternet connectivity startup Miri Technologies Inc. will use this week's NAB Show New York as the launch pad for its latest ground-breaking innovation, the ...
20/10/2025
Inside TAMS: How Time-Addressable Media Stores could redefine sports workflows By Paul Markham
Friday, October 17, 2025 - 08:57
Print This Story
A penalty...
20/10/2025
Transformational production: Inside TVN's remote production push for the DFL...
20/10/2025
How NBC Sports Transitioned Stamford Facility to One Format: 1080p HDRMulti-year plan harmonizes workflows, simplifies operationsBy Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial ...
20/10/2025
NBA on NBC' Studio Production Team Is Ready for Tip-Off With Coast-to-Coast...
20/10/2025
Under pressure: TVN CEO Markus Osthaus considers the German sports broadcasting ...
20/10/2025
(L-R) Maria Dizzia, Carmen Emmi, and Russell Tovey attend the Plainclothes pre...
20/10/2025
In March, we launched Concerts Near You to help listeners find concerts from their favorite artists. Since then, more than 3 million people have used it to disc...
20/10/2025
Em diversas cidades do Brasil, um movimento tem se fortalecido para celebrar o poder, a beleza e a profundidade da criatividade negra. O Dia AMPLIFIKA, agora em...
20/10/2025
In cities across Brazil, a movement is growing that celebrates the power, beauty, and depth of Black creativity. AMPLIFIKA Day, now in its fifth edition, return...
20/10/2025
Airborne Early Warning and Control aircraft rendering...
20/10/2025
DENVER and MUNICH Imagine Communications today announced its plans to acquire Pixel Power Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Rohde & Schwarz. Financial terms of...
20/10/2025
LOS ANGELES G Morgan has joined Globecast, a provider of broadcast, media and entertainment managed services, as executive vice president of sales, Globecast Am...
20/10/2025
PLYMOUTH, Wisc. Heartland Video Systems and Zixi have partnered to enable broadcast-quality live video delivery over any IP network....
20/10/2025
A. R. Rahman on Facing Fear and Finding the Divine In an interview with Berklee President Jim Lucchese, the Oscar-winning composer reflects on how courage and...
20/10/2025
Monday 20 October 2025
To view this content, please enable our use of cookies. ...
20/10/2025
Rohde & Schwarz transfers Pixel Power to Imagine Communications Companies work collaboratively to ensure continuity and ongoing support for existing customers...
20/10/2025
RT 's Prime Time is set to host the final Presidential Election Debate this Tuesday night, October 21, providing an opportunity to hear directly from Irelan...
20/10/2025
NVIDIA and Google Cloud are expanding access to accelerated computing to transform the full spectrum of enterprise workloads, from visual computing to agentic a...
19/10/2025
Back to All News
Sins of Kujo' Comes to Life in New Live-Action Series Set for Spring 2026
Entertainment
19 October 2025
GlobalJapan
Link copied to cl...
18/10/2025
New England Sports Network (NESN) has chosen Harmonic, working with Astound Business Solutions, as its enterprise technology partner to transform primary distri...
18/10/2025
NEW ORLEANS, La. In the run-up to the start of the NBA season, WVUE-TV and Gray Local Media have announced a deal with DirecTV that will greatly expand access t...
18/10/2025
Berklee Celebrates 40 Years of the Fall Together Concert Faculty composers Bob Pilkington and Greg Hopkins are among the featured artists for this year's ...
17/10/2025
NEP Group Receives New Equity Investment From 26North Partners LP, Co-InvestorsCarlyle remains the largest shareholder as the company prepares for the futureBy ...
17/10/2025
Apple Lands Five-Year Deal for F1 Distribution in the U.S.Besides airing on Apple TV, the sport will be amplified on other Apple servicesBy Ken Kerschbaumer, Ed...
17/10/2025
SVG Sit-Down: Marshall Electronics' Bernie Keach on the Future of PTZ Camera...
17/10/2025
L2 Productions' REMI Facility in Austin Can Produce Content From AnywhereMusic festivals, sports events are produced via flypacks and remote control roomsBy...
17/10/2025
By Lucy Spicer
One of the most exciting things about the Sundance Film Festival...
17/10/2025
(L-R) Christopher Meyer, Addison Timlin, Cooper Raiff, Lili Reinhart, Alyah Chan...
17/10/2025
M sica e arte se uniram em uma noite especial na semana passada na ZIV Gallery, ...
17/10/2025
Music and art came together for one special night last week at ZIV Gallery, an i...
17/10/2025
Spotify and FC Barcelona are extending our partnership through 2030, continuing a collaboration that's redefining how fans, players, and artists connect. Th...
17/10/2025
MURRIETA, Calif. The Sports Fishing Championship (SFC) has deployed DigitalGlue's creative.space storage platform to streamline video production by centrali...
17/10/2025
BELLEVUE, Wash. Football continued to cement its reputation as a bulwark of TV advertising in Q3 2025 with new data from iSpot that showed both the NFL and coll...
17/10/2025
The Sports Fishing Championship (SFC), the premier competitive saltwater fishing series, has transformed its production workflow by adopting creative.space, the...
17/10/2025
QuickLink, a leading provider of award-winning multi-camera video productions and remote contribution solutions, announces the release of StudioPro Version 4, ...
17/10/2025
Although the annual Grammy Awards celebration is best known for recognizing achievements in the recording industry, the show often proves a visual spectacle as ...
17/10/2025
OpenDrives, Inc., a leading provider of software-defined data storage and data services, has promoted Alex Dunfey to Chief Technology Officer (CTO) from his for...
17/10/2025
The University of Arizona (UofA) has significantly upgraded its broadcast communication infrastructure with the integration of Riedel Communications' advanc...
17/10/2025
Harmonic (NASDAQ: HLIT) today announced that New England Sports Network (NESN), owned by Fenway Sports Group and Delaware North, has selected Harmonic as its en...
Congress Launches Historic Stadium Caucus To Protect America's Most-Treasured Stadiums Non-partisan effort aims to preserve/enhance such venues as the Rose Bowl and Tiger Stadium By Dan Daley, Audio Editor 
