12 | October | 2009 | Mid-Michigan Dining

Kelly/Shorts Stadium

12 10 2009

W. Campus Drive & University Park Drive
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48858
(517) 774-3277
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Kelly/Shorts Stadium on the campus of Central Michigan University

Fall sports have been good to me so far this year. I’ve been busy pretty much every weekend. My recent trip was up to Mt. Pleasant for a CMU Chippewas football game. It was my first time at CMU and only the third time I had even been to Mt. Pleasant, so I was excited to see more of the town and of course, the CMU football stadium.

Kelly/Shorts Stadium is the home of the Central Michigan University football team. It sits just off BR 127 at University Park Drive and W. Campus Drive on the southeast corner of the CMU campus. The stadium opened in 1972 with a loss to win over Illinois State. At that time, the stadium was simply called Perry Shorts Stadium. In 1983, the name was changed to Kelly/Shorts Stadium to honor former football coach Bill Kelly.

The thing that surprised me initially was the size. I know CMU is a FBS school, but I sometimes forget that the MAC is actually on the same level as the Big Ten….at least when it comes to NCAA status. The main grandstand behind CMU’s bench is huge. When you enter the seating level from the main concourse, you have to go down to your seats. At some points in the stadium, you have to walk up stairs to get to the concourse area. In other parts there are gradual ramps. Read the rest of this entry »