Paul Brown Tiger Stadium is a

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located in

Massillon, Ohio Massillon is a city in Stark County, Ohio, Stark County in the U.S. state of Ohio, approximately west of Canton, Ohio, Canton, south of Akron, and south of Cleveland. The population was 32,146 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Mass ...

. It is primarily used for

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, and is the home field of the

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Tigers football team. The stadium has a

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of 16,600 spectators, with a maximum capacity of over 19,000 when extra seating is brought in. The stadium is named after former Tiger and noted football head coach,

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. Originally named Tiger Stadium, its construction was completed in 1939 through the

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program. Besides being the regular season home of the Massillon Tiger Football team, the stadium hosts numerous

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sanctioned football playoff games. The stadium also hosts the annual

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drum and bugle corps competition. Paul Brown Tiger Stadium is listed as a historical site of significance by the State of Ohio.

Paul L. David Athletic Center

The Paul L. David Athletic Training Center located next to Paul Brown Tiger Stadium was built in 2008 by local philanthropist Jeff David in honor of his late father as part of what was known as the D.R.E.A.M. project. The $3 million, 80,000-square-foot building is the largest indoor football practice facility in the state of Ohio, 20,000-square-feet larger than the facility used by the NFL's

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. It is also one of the few indoor practice facilities for a high school football team in the nation.

References

External links

Massillon Tiger Football HistoryMassillon City School District official site
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