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• 1926 Fielding Yost buys the land Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan's athletic director bought farmland south of campus and had the bowl dug into it, arguing the university would one day need 150,000 seats. He was widely thought to be mad.
• 1927 Footings for 100,000 are laid Ann Arbor, Michigan The original 72,000-seat bowl was built on foundations designed from the start to carry expansion far beyond it, which is why every later addition was possible.
• 1927 Michigan Stadium opens Ann Arbor, Michigan The Big House, the largest stadium in the United States and the third largest in the world at 107,601. Its foundations were designed from the start to allow expansion beyond 100,000.
• 1930 The wooden bleachers are replaced Ann Arbor, Michigan Temporary seating added in the first years was converted to permanent steel and concrete, taking capacity past 85,000.
• 1949 Capacity passes 97,000 Ann Arbor, Michigan Postwar expansion brought the stadium close to six figures, twenty years before any other college ground approached it.
• 1956 First crowd above 100,000 Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan against Ohio State drew 101,001, the first six-figure crowd at the stadium and among the first anywhere in American sport.
• 1956 The first crowd above 100,000 Ann Arbor, Michigan 101,001 watched Michigan play Ohio State, a mark the stadium has since passed more often than any other venue in the world.
• 1969 Bo Schembechler's first season Ann Arbor, Michigan Schembechler's arrival, and a 24–12 upset of top-ranked Ohio State, began the Ten Year War with Woody Hayes and filled the stadium every week.
• 1975 The attendance streak begins Ann Arbor, Michigan Every Michigan home game since 8 November 1975 has drawn more than 100,000 people, the longest such run in the history of sport.
• 1975 The hundred-thousand streak begins Ann Arbor, Michigan Every home game since has drawn more than 100,000 people, a run now past 300 matches and the longest in the history of sport.
• 1979 The scoreboards get their motto Ann Arbor, Michigan The phrase Michigan Tradition, and later the block M with the words the Champions of the West, went up above the end zones.
• 1982 The artificial turf era Ann Arbor, Michigan The stadium played on synthetic surfaces for two decades, before returning to natural grass in 1991 and then back again.
• 1989 The press box is rebuilt Ann Arbor, Michigan A new structure replaced the original wooden press facilities, the first substantial change to the bowl's rim in sixty years.
• 1997 A national championship season Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan went undefeated and shared the national title, with Charles Woodson winning the Heisman Trophy as a defensive player.
• 1998 The record crowd of the era Ann Arbor, Michigan 111,238 watched Michigan play Ohio State, then the largest crowd in the stadium's history.
• 2003 The largest crowd in college football history at the time Ann Arbor, Michigan 112,118 attended the Ohio State game, in a rivalry that repeatedly reset the attendance record.
• 2007 The Appalachian State upset Ann Arbor, Michigan A team from a lower division beat fifth-ranked Michigan in front of 109,218, a result often called the biggest upset in college football.
• 2010 The renovation is completed Ann Arbor, Michigan Enclosed brick structures were added along both sidelines, raising capacity to 109,901 while keeping the bowl itself sunk below ground level.
• 2010 The renovation is completed Ann Arbor, Michigan Enclosed brick and glass structures were built along both sidelines, adding suites and club seating while the bowl itself stayed sunk in the ground.
• 2011 The first night game Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan played Notre Dame under permanent lights for the first time in the stadium's history, 84 years after it opened, and won with two seconds left.
• 2013 Record crowd for American football Ann Arbor, Michigan 115,109 watched Michigan play Notre Dame at night, the largest crowd ever to attend an American football game.
• 2014 The Big Chill and the soccer record Ann Arbor, Michigan The stadium hosted an NHL Winter Classic in front of 105,491, a world record for a hockey match, and a Manchester United against Real Madrid friendly that drew 109,318 — the largest crowd for a football match in United States history.
• 2014 The NHL Winter Classic Ann Arbor, Michigan 105,491 watched Detroit play Toronto on an outdoor rink laid over the field, a world record attendance for an ice hockey match.
• 2014 The soccer record Ann Arbor, Michigan 109,318 watched Manchester United play Real Madrid, the largest crowd ever to attend a football match in the United States.
• 2016 The stadium hosts an ice hockey doubleheader Ann Arbor, Michigan College hockey returned outdoors, part of a pattern of using the bowl for events far outside its original purpose.
• 2021 Michigan beat Ohio State in the snow Ann Arbor, Michigan A first win over Ohio State in a decade, played in heavy snow in front of 111,156, sent Michigan to the conference title.
• 2023 A national championship Ann Arbor, Michigan Michigan went 15–0 and won the College Football Playoff, the programme's first outright national title since 1948.
• 2024 The record crowd for a women's sporting event in the state Ann Arbor, Michigan The stadium continued to be used for events well beyond football, including large-scale concerts and international fixtures.