Camp Randall Stadium Built 1917
4th oldest college football stadium in the country
Union camp during the Civil War.
Named after Wisconsin's first wartime governor,
Alexander Randall.
In the time before the Civil War, the site of Camp Randall was owned by the Wisconsin Agricultural Society. The WAS held its annual state fair on the grounds. When hostilities broke out in 1861, the society gave the land to the government for a major military training center. No fewer than 70,000 troops attended training drills at the Camp Randall complex.
After peace was restored nationally, the land was again turned back into state fair property. The fair later moved to Milwaukee, and Wisconsin's Civil War veterans urged the legislature to purchase the land. In 1893, the state presented the site to the university as a memorial athletic field.
Dayne, are displayed on the upper deck façade. Both of their numbers (35 and 33, respectively) are retired; The retired numbers of Elroy Hirsch (40), Dave Schreiner (80), Allan Schafer (83), and Pat Richter (88) were added during the 2006 football season.
Concerts Held at Camp Randall Stadium:
Pink Floyd (May 20, 1988 and July 3, 1994)
The Rolling Stones (August 26, 1994 and October 6, 1997)
Genesis (June 9, 1992)
U2 (September 13, 1992 and June 25, 1997)
The Arch & Memorial Park
Camp Randall arch When a drawing of the proposed memorial archway that would commemorate Camp Randall appeared in the State Journal on Nov. 22, 1911, the headline above it read: "Stop It." The complaints focused on the non-artistic feel of the arch. The Woodbury Granite Company had seen a newspaper ad asking for bids on the project, and had been given the job of designing the monument and supplying the stone, and as the company made tombstones, well, it was what it was. Though the work was halted while artists reviewed the project for months, and help was given by a local architect, it eventually was dedicated in June 1912. The veterans honored and photographed under the arch seemed to like it just fine, newspaper reports said.
