Corbett Field (Wyoming)

{{Short description|Former sporting venue in America}}

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| address = 15th Street & E. Ivinson Avenue

| location = University of Wyoming
Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|41.312|N|105.578|W|type:landmark|display=it}}

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| opened = {{start date and age|1922}}

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| owner = University of Wyoming

| operator = University of Wyoming

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| tenants = Wyoming Cowboys (1922–1949)

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Corbett Field was an outdoor athletic field in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie. It was the home field of the Wyoming Cowboys football team from 1922 through 1949.{{cite web|title=War Memorial Stadium|publisher=Albany County Tourism Board|access-date=January 15, 2019|url=https://visitlaramie.org/vendors/war-memorial-stadium}}

Originally, the facility was known simply as the campus athletic grounds; it was renamed Corbett Field in 1931 in honor of John Corbett, who coached the football team from 1915 to 1923.{{cite news|title=Athletic Grounds At University Will Be Corbett Field|newspaper=The Casper Tribune-Herald|date=September 27, 1931|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27271353/athletic_grounds_at_university_will_be/|via=Newspapers.com}} Construction of a new grandstand at the east end of the field was authorized that same fall.{{cite news|title=University of Wyoming Authorizes New Grandstand at Field|newspaper=The Casper Tribune-Herald|date=November 29, 1931|page=10|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27271425/university_of_wyoming_board_authorizes/|via=Newspapers.com}} The field was eventually expanded to have a seating capacity of 9,000 spectators,{{cite news|title=Lobo Game Marks 10th Stadium Year|newspaper=Casper Morning Star|date=August 31, 1960|page=23|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27272682/lobo_game_marks_10th_stadium_year/|via=Newspapers.com}} at an approximate elevation of {{convert|7190|ft|round=5}} above sea level.

Corbett Field was replaced as the football venue in 1950 with the opening of War Memorial Stadium; it continued as the home of the university's track team for several years.{{cite news|title=Four Marks Tumble As Pokes Take Dual Meet|newspaper=Casper Morning Star|date=May 9, 1956|page=24|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27272755/four_marks_tumble_as_pokes_take_dual/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=Denver Nips Poke Trackmen In Dual|newspaper=Casper Morning Star|date=May 8, 1958|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27272804/denver_nips_poke_trackmen_in_dual/|via=Newspapers.com}} The grandstands were subsequently demolished; the land is now used by the university's business school and, as a parking lot located to the east of the university's student union.{{cite web|title=The Historic Campus of the University of Wyoming|publisher=Albany County Tourism Board|access-date=January 15, 2019|url=https://visitlaramie.org/the-historic-campus-of-the-university-of-wyoming-brochure}}