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===Facilities=== [[File:Penn - Franklin Field - 1922.jpg|thumb|right|Penn's Franklin Field, in photograph taken shortly after completion of the upper deck in 1925]] [[Franklin Field]], with a present seating capacity of 52,593,<ref name="pennathletics.com">{{cite web |title=Historic Moments |url=https://pennathletics.com/news/2018/12/21/general-historic-moments.aspx |website=University of Pennsylvania Athletics |access-date=October 6, 2022 |language=en |date=21 December 2018}}</ref> is where the Quakers play football, [[lacrosse]], [[sprint football]] and track and field (and formerly played baseball, [[field hockey]], soccer, and rugby). It is the oldest stadium still operating for college football games,<ref name="10 old">{{cite web |last=Northam |first=Mitchell |date=July 26, 2022 |title=These are the 10 oldest stadiums in Division I college football |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-07-26/these-are-10-oldest-stadiums-division-i-college-football |website=NCAA |language=en |access-date=September 13, 2023 |archive-date=October 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004183549/https://www.ncaa.com/news/football/article/2022-07-26/these-are-10-oldest-stadiums-division-i-college-football?amp |url-status=dead }}</ref> first stadium to sport two tiers,<ref>Michael T. Woods "Penn Sports in the 1800s: The Origins of Penn Athletics" University of Pennsylvania: University Archives and Records Center |url=https://archives.upenn.edu/</ref> first stadium in the country to have a scoreboard, second stadium to have a radio broadcast of football, first stadium from which a commercially televised football game was broadcast,<ref name="pennathletics.com"/> and first stadium from which college football game was broadcast in color.<ref name="eyesofageneration.com"/> Franklin Field also played host to the [[Philadelphia Eagles]] from 1958 to 1970.<ref name="pennathletics.com"/> Since 1895, Franklin Field has hosted the annual collegiate track and field event "the [[Penn Relays]]," which is the oldest and largest track and field competition in the United States.<ref>"History of the Penn Relays". Official Site of the Penn Relay Carnival. https://web.archive.org/web/20100427063802/http://www.thepennrelays.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1720&KEY=&ATCLID=1403812 Retrieved September 13, 2023</ref> [[File:Palestra 1.jpg|thumb|right|Penn's [[Palestra]] is often referred to as the Cathedral of College Basketball.<ref>[http://www.visitphilly.com/sports/philadelphia/palestra/ Palestra]</ref>]] Penn's Palestra is home gym of the [[Penn Quakers]] men's and women's [[basketball]] and [[volleyball]] teams, [[collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] team, [[Philadelphia Big Five]] basketball, and other high school and college sporting events, and is located mere yards from [[Franklin Field]].<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULi42N9Epw8 The Palestra tour]</ref> The Palestra has been called "the most important building in the history of college basketball" and "changed the entire history of the sport for which it was built".<ref>[http://www.fannation.com/blogs/post/814485 Top 15 College Basketball Arenas of All Time]</ref> The Palestra has hosted more NCAA Tournament basketball games than any other facility. Penn's River Fields hosts a number of athletic fields including the Rhodes Soccer Stadium, the Ellen Vagelos C'90 Field Hockey Field, and Irving "Moon" Mondschein Throwing Complex.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 20, 2012|title=River Fields|url=https://www.facilities.upenn.edu/maps/locations/river-fields|access-date=July 26, 2021|website=University of Pennsylvania Facilities and Real Estate Services|language=en}}</ref> Penn baseball plays its home games at [[Meiklejohn Stadium]] at Murphy Field. Penn's [[Class of 1923 Arena]] (with seating for up to 3,000 people) was built to host the [[Penn Quakers men's ice hockey|University of Pennsylvania Varsity Ice Hockey Team]], which has been disbanded, and now hosts or in the past hosted: Penn's Men's and Penn Women's club ice hockey teams, practices or exhibition games for the [[Philadelphia Flyers]], [[Colorado Avalanche]] and [[Carolina Hurricanes]], roller hockey for the Philadelphia Bulldogs professional team, and rock concerts such as one in 1982 featuring Prince.<ref>{{Cite web | url = http://www.thedp.com/article/2014/11/colorado-avalanche-practice-on-penn-campus | title = Colorado Avalanche practice on Penn's campus | website = thedp.com | access-date = February 25, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url = http://hurricanes.nhl.com/club/gallery.htm?id=12253 | title = Practice at the Class of 1923 Arena in Philadelphia β 01/22/2010 β Carolina Hurricanes β Photo Galleries | website = hurricanes.nhl.com | access-date = February 25, 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://cms.business-services.upenn.edu/icerink/ | title=Penn Ice Rink at the Class of 1923 Arena Philadelphia PA }}</ref> [[File:Penn Rowing Club at Boathouse Row.jpg|thumb|Penn's three rowing teams use [[College Boat Club|Number 11 Boathouse Row]] as their headquarters.]]
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