Items tagged: Memorial Stadium

Community Leaders Excited to Welcome 2024 Illinois Race Weekend Participants

Community Leaders Excited to Welcome 2024 Illinois Race Weekend Participants (Full Marathon Returns with New Route Through Champaign, Urbana, and Savoy) The Cities of Champaign and Urbana, the Village of Savoy, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and the Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District are eager to welcome thousands of race participants and fans into our community […]


Stadium Fire – 1402 S. First St.

The Champaign Fire Department responded to a fire at Memorial Stadium, 1402 S. First St., Tuesday, October 3rd, at 7:56 p.m. Fire crews worked to extinguish this fire that originated in a maintenance area of the stadium under the Horseshoe. Firefighters responded to an automatic fire alarm at the stadium. Once on the scene, fire […]


Equity and Engagement Takes to the Field

August 18th, 2022, Charles Young, Justice Victim Advocate (E&E), performed the Illini Anthem in front of a packed crowd of incoming students for UIUC’s Sights & Sounds event. This is a premier student engagement opportunity that hosts freshmen and transfer students under the bright lights of Memorial Stadium. The Illini Anthem is officially a new […]