Winningest Ivy schools: Princeton, Harvard, Penn, Cornell

[Al DeFlorio]

in the early 1900s when the Bowl was built, New Haven was America's 35th largest city

TIL.

Like the early cities of the National League:

Indianapolis
Louisville
Providence
Buffalo
Syracuse
Troy
Worcester
Columbus

Or the early NBA:  Syracuse, Rochester, Fort Wayne

[Robb]

Cornell and Dartmouth didn't build 60k seat football stadiums because they are in located in Nunavut, not because of relative commitment.

As good of a place as any to trot out a fact I once heard (but could not verify just now with a quick google): when it was built in 1914, the Yale Bowl (70,896) was the first stadium to exceed the seating capacity of the Roman Colosseum (~50,000).

[George64]

As good of a place as any to trot out a fact I once heard (but could not verify just now with a quick google): when it was built in 1914, the Yale Bowl (70,896) was the first stadium to exceed the seating capacity of the Roman Colosseum (~50,000).

As quoted in the July 28, 2018 New Haven Register: "The Roman Coliseum was the only facility on Earth that could compare at the time, and of course, it wasn't being used by then."  

Sorry, but I just can't help myself — Lions, Tigers and Bears, however, are still cheered for at the Yale Bowl.