106 yards long, limited by the track surrounding it. Because of the smaller market for soccer than Ohio State football, B Deck, C Deck, and the South end zone seats were closed, leading to a capacity of 25,243. Attendance stayed strong through the first season, seeing a record audience of 31,550 September 15, 1996 win over the MetroStars, 2–0. Despite the facility's size, problems like field dimensions and the lack of lighting pushed the Crew to find a new home. Jamey Rootes, Crew president and general manager stated, "We prefer a smaller, more intimate environment (than Ohio Stadium) … We've got to create a major league environment. Ohio Stadium is a great stadium, but we cannot create a major league environment in a facility that is way too big for us." The Crew finished their tenure at Ohio Stadium 30–18. Concerts Buckeye Country Superfest Classic For Columbus On August 28, 2021, Ohio Stadium played host to the Classic For Columbus, which matched up two HBCUs, in Central State Marauders and Kentucky State Thorobreds. Kentucky State won 20–6 in front of approximately 20,000 fans. High school The stadium hosted the Ohio High School Athletic Association football championship games for all seven divisions from 2014 to 2016. The stadium had previously hosted the championships for Divisions I and III in 1982 and all divisions (five at the time) from 1983 to 1989. International soccer On July 27, 2016, a 2016 International Champions Cup match between Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain was held at Ohio Stadium. The match, won by Paris Saint-Germain 3–1, drew 86,641 fans, the largest crowd to ever see a soccer game in the state of Ohio. See also List of NCAA Division I FBS football stadiums References External links Stadium history on display at main library in The Lantern WOSU history of stadium The Ohio Stadium Story Highly detailed account of genesis, funding, and construction of Ohio Stadium Stadium Journey Review of Ohio Stadium Ohio Stadium under construction in 1922 Ohio Stadium under construction in 1921 Ohio State Buckeyes football venues Ohio State Buckeyes track and field venues American football venues in Ohio Athletics (track and field) venues in Ohio College football venues Defunct athletics (track and field) venues in the United States Former Major League Soccer stadiums National Register of Historic Places in Columbus, Ohio Rotundas (architecture) Soccer venues in Ohio Sports venues in Columbus, Ohio Sports venues