Martin Stadium is the primary field of
Washington State's football team. It is named after
Clarence D. Martin, the
governor of the state of
Washington from 1932-40. Ironically, Martin was a graduate of the
University of Washington in
Seattle, WSU's in-state rival.
Martin Stadium opened on September 30, 1972, two and a half years after
Rogers Field was significantly damaged by fire, long believed as to be
arson. The WSU Cougars played their home football games at
Spokane's Joe Albi Stadium in 1970 & 1971.
As of 2006, the stadium has a seating capacity of 35,117. Since the renovation of
Reser Stadium at
Oregon State, Martin Stadium has dropped to tenth in seating capacity among
Pac-10 football stadiums. The current attendance record was set on November 15, 1997, when WSU beat
Stanford in front of 40,306 fans. Despite the relatively small size of Martin Stadium, it has one of the highest ratios of seating capacity to population base; almost 1.6 seats per every citizen in the city of
Pullman.
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