Two Home lawmakers have teamed as much as type a brand new congressional caucus targeted on preserving and defending greater than a dozen historic faculty soccer stadiums, together with the Rose Bowl, the Yale Bowl and Louisiana State College’s Tiger Stadium. 

The bipartisan caucus—led by Louisiana consultant Garret Graves, a Republican, and Wisconsin consultant Mark Pocan, a Democrat—desires to carry consideration to “these iconic venues,” defend their worth and adapt them to satisfy evolving wants, based on a information launch. The trouble, which can embrace “technological upgrades” and “infrastructure updates,” would doubtless contain federal cash. 

“When Tiger followers stroll into Demise Valley on Saturday nights, they do greater than watch a soccer sport—they stroll right into a 99-year-old native icon that helps our regional financial system,” Graves stated within the launch. “Each bowl of jambalaya scooped and Tiger Canine served injects jobs and assets into our group.”

Equally, Pocan stated the historic stadiums serve an important position in communities.

“Not solely are they the place recollections are made and younger folks get impressed to play sports activities, however they’re typically hubs of financial exercise,” he stated. “We should do every part we are able to to guard these iconic venues in our communities.”

The Historic Stadium Caucus will work to protect 18 venues, a few of that are the oldest remaining stadiums within the nation:

• Beaver Stadium (Pennsylvania State College)
• Camp Randall Stadium (College of Wisconsin at Madison)
• Cotton Bowl (Dallas)
• Davis Wade Stadium (Mississippi State College)
• Franklin Subject (College of Pennsylvania)
• Husky Stadium (College of Washington)
• Jordan-Hare Stadium (Auburn College)
• Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (College of Southern California)
• Memorial Stadium (College of California, Berkeley)
• Memorial Stadium (College of Illinois, Champaign)
• Memorial Stadium (Clemson College)
• Nippert Stadium (College of Cincinnati)
• Rose Bowl (Pasadena, Calif.)
• SJSU Spartan Stadium (San José State College)
• Tiger Stadium (Louisiana State College)
• Vaught-Hemingway Stadium at Hollingsworth Subject (College of Mississippi)
• Wallace Wade Stadium (Duke College)
• Yale Bowl (Yale College)