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The stadium was located approximately 23 blocks West of campus. The main stadium area contained 9.1 acres that was completely fenced in. The East and West stands each held approximately 10,000 people for a grand total of 20,000 total capacity. The stadium had a regulation college football field, and a ¼ mile cinder running track. Underneath the West stands there was 16,374 square feet of space containing a boiler room, locker rooms, shower facilities, first aid station, and storage rooms. Adjacent to the main stadium were two practice fields, one with lights.

After Marquette Football ceased playing there a plethora of outside organizations and institutions began utilizing the stadium including Marquette University High School Football, Northern Michigan College, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Southern Illinois University, Pius XI High School, various intramural clubs of Marquette including the soccer and track clubs, as well as professional football teams like the San Francisco 49ers, and the Los Angeles Rams (used it as a practice facility.)

According to university records in the early 1970's the university began to believe that the stadium “might have outlived its usefulness or that the funds tied up in it could be put to more productive use elsewhere.” At first the university thought it would be better to sell the property. In 1971 Dunn and Stringer Realty Incorporated showed a great deal of interest in purchasing the property, but that sale did not go through. Instead the university decided to raze the stadium. In 1974 Modern Wrecking Company, Inc. of Elm Grove, Wisconsin was the low bid to raze and remove the debris of Marquette Stadium for a grand total of $58,000.

Dismantled in the 1978, this was home to Marquette's football team for several decades. NCAA Division I football was last played at Marquette in 1960.

It also hosted the NFL's Green Bay Packers in 1952 when the team played some of its home games in Milwaukee. The stadium had a maxium capacity of roughly 20,000 people at its peak.

Marquette Stadium