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Wisconsin will travel to play the Northwestern Wildcats on Oct. 19, 2024, in Week 8 of the upcoming college football season.
The Badgers and Wildcats have faced off in every season since 2013. Wisconsin has made five trips to Evanston, Illinois in that time.
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A road trip to play Northwestern used to mean a game at Ryan Field — a field known for abnormally long grass in a high school-like stadium atmosphere. But that is now no longer the case. Northwestern recently demolished the old Ryan Field and is in the process of building a new state-of-the-art facility.
The construction will not be completed until the 2026 season. So in the meantime, the Wildcats are building a temporary solution.
Wisconsin will play in that temporary stadium when it travels to Northwestern on Oct. 19, 2024. Early reports pointed to Lambeau Field as a possible location. Those reports did not come to fruition. That has all led to the much-anticipated release of the actual location of the Badgers’ game against the Wildcats this season.
It is a remote turf field on the shore of Lake Michigan. That’s about it.
To be clear, this is just the location of the field. Northwestern is expected to put together a minor build-out that includes an area for the media and limited seating for season-ticket holders.
Northwestern is sending a conceptual image of its temporary lakeside football stadium, which will host games in the 2024 and 2025 seasons, to season-ticket holders today. The image shows general concepts behind the facility, which is being designed and built by InProduction. pic.twitter.com/sksiXElvds
— Adam Rittenberg (@ESPNRittenberg) May 30, 2024
But the temporary stadium should take Northwestern’s atmosphere, or lack thereof, to the next level.
The Badgers will make the trip…
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Author : Badgers Wire
Publish date : 2024-06-19 18:45:16
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