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35-977: The service is operated by the Department of Parking and Transportation for the University of Iowa with funding from the Parking & Transportation Department, a UI Student fee, and the Federal Transportation Administration. Cambus employs approximately 170 employees. There are only six non-student employees who work specifically for Cambus: the Cambus Manager, the Maintenance Supervisor, and four full-time mechanics. All other employees, including drivers, dispatchers, trainers, student mechanics, and departmental supervisors, are students currently enrolled at

70-476: A contest open to all UI students to select one. "Cambus" was the name eventually chosen after Cambuskenneth , and the winner, Larry Page, was awarded a free pizza. The first Cambus buses were used school buses, repainted by Cambus employees. There were three different bus routes; Red Route, Blue Route, and the Interdorm Shuttle. Cambus also acquired a trailer, which was used as their main office; this

105-721: A limited service runs without any weekend service. Route maps and schedules are available on the Cambus website and in pamphlets available on the buses. Cambus time is set by the Master Clock at the US Naval Observatory. During academic service the earliest route begins at 4:30 am and the last route ends at 1:02 am (2:12 am on Friday and Saturday nights for SafeRide) Cambus also provides special service for university-affiliated groups, including shuttle service for most Hawkeye football games (to/from downtown, Hancher, and

140-479: A new state-of-the-art synthetic FieldTurf playing surface. In 2013, the Iowa Board of Regents approved an $ 8 million upgrade of Kinnick Stadium's video and sound systems. These upgrades include the installation of new HD video displays in both the north and south endzones, as well as a new HD ribbon display above the north endzone. The upgrades were completed by the start of the 2013 football season. In 2016,

175-407: A passive mood. Also, pink is often found in girls' bedrooms, and because of that some consider it a sissy color. Hayden Fry, Hayden Fry: A High Porch Picnic , p. 102 A more recent feature is the 20-foot-tall (6.1 m) bronze statue of Heisman Trophy winner Nile Kinnick , the statue depicts Kinnick dressed as a scholar, rather than in his football uniform. The bronze statue is placed near

210-590: A tidal wave is going through the stadium. Ever since the humble beginnings of the “Kinnick Wave”, even players on both teams and the on-field game officials join in this heartwarming tradition now. Iowa Field Iowa Field was a stadium in Iowa City, Iowa . It hosted the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team until they moved to Iowa Stadium (now Kinnick Stadium ) in 1929. The stadium held 30,000 people at its peak and opened in 1890. Iowa Field

245-601: A token of respect for Kinnick - the only Iowa player to ever win the Heisman Trophy. The on-field entrances to the stadium all have a picture of Nile Kinnick placed above the tunnel before exiting the tunnel to the field. The University of Iowa Children's Hospital 's new building overlooks the East stands of Kinnick Stadium. The opening of the new hospital in 2017 led to the creation of what ESPN called " college football 's coolest new tradition." The new facility includes

280-479: A top-floor lounge area known as the Press Box Cafe that has a view of the entire field, allowing patients and their families to see all Iowa home games live, and also includes big-screen TVs to allow them to watch Hawkeyes road games. A suggestion on a Hawkeyes Facebook fan page, by Iowan Krista Young, led to "The Wave" at Iowa home games. Following the first quarter, the crowd faces the hospital and waves at

315-437: A tradition started by emeritus Iowa coach Hayden Fry . Believing that pink would put opponents in a "passive mood", and because he thought that some believed pink was a "sissy color", Fry had the visiting locker rooms decorated completely in the color pink. The pink locker room tradition has been continued with the newly renovated locker rooms, which include everything from pink urinals to pink lockers. Controversy flared during

350-468: Is located on South Madison Street south of the Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Cambus was founded by University of Iowa students and has been in operation since March 1972. The name "Cambus" was the result of a naming contest. It started with seven vehicles dating from 1955 and 1956. By 1975, the fleet had grown to 11 vehicles. Twelve new buses were purchased the following year. In 2004,

385-584: The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Cambus provides paratransit service called the Bionic Bus for University staff, faculty, and students. There are up to 3 paratransit buses in service during normal academic service (fewer run on weekends and during interim service). The service is demand-response curb-to-curb and serves much of Iowa City and Coralville. Student drivers are specially trained for Bionic Bus. Unlike Iowa City Transit and Coralville Transit,

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420-431: The 2005 season when a visiting law professor, along with other university faculty and students protested the pink coloration as demeaning to women and homosexuals. Despite these protests and with much student support, however, the locker room remains pink. One thing we didn't paint black and gold was the stadium's visitors locker room, which we painted pink. It's a passive color, and we hoped it would put our opponents in

455-509: The 7th largest stadium in the Big Ten , and one of the 20 largest university owned stadiums in the nation. Primarily used for college football , the stadium is named for Nile Kinnick , the Iowa player who won the 1939 Heisman Trophy and died in service during World War II . Kinnick Stadium is the only college football stadium named after a Heisman Trophy winner. Originally named Iowa Stadium,

490-835: The Hawkeye Commuter Lot), men's Hawkeye basketball games (to/from Hancher), and other events on campus. Following a recommendation from the Iowa City Area Transit Study (ICATS), Cambus began using route numbers in July 2021. Live bus tracking using GPS was introduced in 2010 with the BONGO (Bus on the Go) service. This was replaced in December 2019 with bus tracking in the Transit app. In accordance with

525-710: The Hawkeyes tied Illinois 7–7. Calls to rename Iowa Stadium in Nile Kinnick 's honor came immediately after the Heisman trophy winner's death in 1943. In November 1945 the University of Iowa student body voted to rededicate the structure as "Nile Kinnick Memorial Stadium". The other options on the student ballot were "Memorial Stadium" and "Robert Jones Stadium", after the first University of Iowa student to be killed in World War II. Upon announcement of

560-412: The Iowa Board of Regents approved an $ 89.9 million upgrade to Kinnick Stadium's north end zone. The renovation included the addition of box seating, outdoor club seating and a scoreboard larger than the board in the south end zone. These renovations lowered the total capacity of the stadium to 69,250. The project was completed shortly before the beginning of the 2019 season. In 2019, the tunnel connecting

595-506: The University of Iowa. Cambus also has two different buildings on the University of Iowa campus. The main office is located on Evashevski Drive, north Kinnick Stadium , called the West Campus Transportation Center. Cambus moved operations to this newer building, shared with the Parking & Transportation department, on November 16, 2012. The Cambus Maintenance Facility, often called "The Barn" by employees,

630-402: The animals were disposed of in the nearby Iowa River . The round-the-clock construction came to an end in July. Despite several problems to overcome, including the athletic director 's resignation and a slight redesign, the stadium was completed and the first game was played October 5, 1929, against Monmouth College . Iowa won the game 46–0. The stadium was dedicated two weeks later, when

665-457: The facility was constructed in only seven months between 1928 and 1929. Groundbreaking and construction began on March 6, 1929. Workers worked around the clock using lights by night and horses and mules as the primary heavy-equipment movers. There was a rumor for many years that horses that died during the process were buried under what now is the North end zone. Historians report this is a myth and

700-475: The fleet had 32 vehicles. The University of Iowa campus is divided into east and west halves by the Iowa River . Most Liberal Arts and Sciences classes take place on the east side of the river; thus the purpose of the new bus service was to facilitate easier transportation between the west-side dormitories and the east-side classrooms. At first there was no name for this service, so the founding students created

735-467: The football playing field for Slater, making it Duke Slater Field at Kinnick Stadium. After 75 years of operation, the Iowa Board of Regents endorsed a major renovation of Kinnick Stadium on March 10, 2004. The US$ 86.8 million project was to build a new state of the art press box, a new scoreboard with a new sound system, replace the "temporary" south endzone bleachers with permanent seating, triple

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770-537: The home locker room to the field was upgraded, with the addition of black and gold signage, lighting, and logos. On October 15, 2023, the stadium hosted Crossover at Kinnick , an exhibition women's college basketball game between the Iowa Hawkeyes and the DePaul Blue Demons . The game had an attendance of 55,646, the highest for a single game in women's basketball history. The previous record

805-496: The lobbying campaign was successful, and the stadium was officially renamed later that year. The initial response from University president Willard Boyd suggested the name "Kinnick-Slater Stadium" instead, to also honor Duke Slater , who played for the Hawkeyes from 1918 to 1921. Slater was a two-time All-American at Iowa and an inaugural member of the College Football Hall of Fame , along with Kinnick; Slater

840-405: The paratransit service is handled in-house and not contracted to Johnson County SEATS. Kinnick Stadium Former capacity Kinnick Stadium is a stadium located in Iowa City, Iowa , United States . It is the home stadium of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team. Opened in 1929 as Iowa Stadium to replace Iowa Field , it currently holds up to 69,250 people, making it

875-440: The patients and their families watching the game. For the Hawkeyes' first night home game of the 2017 season against Penn State , the fan site where the idea of "The Wave" originated encouraged fans to turn on their cell phone flashlights while they waved to the patients. This has been since renamed the "Iowa Wave" and "Kinnick Wave" to avoid confusion with the wave-motion movement where groups of fans stand up to make it seem like

910-656: The restroom facilities, and more than double the number of concession stands, as well as smaller changes such as new locker rooms, a bronze statue of Nile Kinnick and the dedication of the Krause Family Plaza to which Kinnick Stadium is now adjacent. Every brick for the renovation came from the Glen-Gery Brickyard in Redfield , which is located near Nile Kinnick's childhood home in Adel . The stadium

945-519: The same time that Iowa Stadium was renamed Kinnick Stadium in honor of the Heisman winner who had perished 29 years earlier. When filled to capacity, Kinnick Stadium would be the sixth largest city in Iowa (after Des Moines , Cedar Rapids , Davenport , Sioux City , and Iowa City). Prior to the 2015 football season, the stadium did not have permanent lights; the school contracted Musco Lighting's portable light trucks for night games in previous years. The school had installed permanent practice lights at

980-503: The stadium in 2012. By capacity, Kinnick Stadium is the 27th largest college football stadium, the 42nd largest sports stadium in the United States, and the 86th largest sports stadium in the world. On November 14, 2015, Iowa set the national collegiate wrestling dual-meet attendance record at Kinnick with over 42,000 fans in a victory over #1 Oklahoma State . Kinnick Stadium is well known for its pink visitors' locker rooms,

1015-408: The student vote the new name was taken up by The Daily Iowan student newspaper, World Almanac , and other sources. However, the student vote was unofficial and efforts to rename the stadium were never pursued by the university. In 1972 "Nile Kinnick Stadium" was again proposed by Cedar Rapids Gazette sportswriter Gus Schrader, who had previously supported the students' efforts. This time

1050-408: The team entrance to the stadium. When the renovation of the stadium was completed, and the statue unveiled, a tradition among the players began: one player, before entering the locker room, reached out and touched the helmet that was placed at Kinnick's feet. From that point on, all Iowa players, before entering the locker room, and after getting off the bus, walk up to the statue and rub the helmet, as

1085-559: Was 29,619, in the national championship of the 2002 NCAA tournament between UConn and Oklahoma at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas . It was the first women's basketball game to be played in an outdoor football stadium. The playing surface is currently the synthetic FieldTurf (installed in 2009), although it was AstroTurf from 1972 until grass was reinstalled for the 1989 season. The installation of artificial turf came at

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1120-525: Was located in the Hancher Auditorium parking lot. In the 2013 financial year, ridership reached 4.5 million. In October, 2018, Cambus routes and schedules were integrated with Google Maps. Cambus currently has thirteen routes in service. During Academic service (the Spring and Fall semesters), all routes run on weekdays with limited service on the weekends. During Summer and Interim service

1155-518: Was located on the east bank of the Iowa River where a parking lot currently exists across the railroad tracks from the university's Main Library. The northern third of this area was a baseball field, while the southern two-thirds consisted of the football field and stands. This strip of land was so narrow that the upper portion of the west stands stuck out over the Iowa River and the upper section of

1190-515: Was rededicated on September 1, 2006. Among other things, the rededication featured a flyover by a F4F Wildcat , the aircraft that Kinnick flew in World War II . The stadium also underwent major renovations in 1956, 1983, and 1990 where capacity was gradually taken from 53,000 to 70,397. The 2004–06 renovations pushed the capacity to 70,585. In the spring of 2009, the natural grass turf and 20-year-old drainage system were replaced with

1225-469: Was the first black All-American in Iowa history and the only black person in the inaugural Hall of Fame class. He was also the first black lineman to play in the NFL , where he was a seven time All-Pro player, before a later career as a lawyer and judge. Ultimately, the stadium was named for Kinnick alone, while Slater was honored with the name of a nearby dormitory. In 2021, Iowa's Board of Regents renamed

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