where did syracuse play before the carrier dome
Carrier Dome Toward the end of the 1970s, Syracuse University was under pressure to improve its football facilities in order to remain a Division I-A football school. Its small concrete stadium, Archbold Stadium, was 70 years old and not up to the standards of other schools. The stadium could not be expanded; earlier in the decade it had been reduced from 40,000 seats to 26,000 due to fire codes. Therefore, Syracuse University decided to build a new stadium on the site of Archbold, which, appropriately for Syracuse's often cold weather, was to have a domed Teflon-coated, fiberglass inflatable roof. While the Dome was being built during the 1979 season, Syracuse played "home" games at three different locationsâ€”Giants Stadium, home of the NFL's New York Giants; New Era Field (then known as Rich Stadium), home of the NFL's Buffalo Bills; and Schoellkopf Field, home of the Cornell Big Red.[7] When it opened in September 1980, it was made clear just how loud it was inside; that night the Dome's famous nickname, "the Loud House", was coined[citation needed]. The inflatable roof causes the sound produced to echo many times, multiplying the loudness produced inside. It would also serve as the home for the men's basketball team, as a replacement for Manley Field House.