Clemens Stadium

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Clemens Stadium is a football stadium in Collegeville, Minnesota. It serves as the host stadium to Saint John's University football, track and field teams and other intramural activities. Saint John's Preparatory School's football and track and field teams also use Clemens Stadium as their home facility. Popularly called "The Natural Bowl", Clemens Stadium was named one of ten Sports Illustrated "College Football Dream Destinations" in 1999 for its natural beauty and large crowds. Clemens Stadium is built into a horseshoe-shaped hillside, surrounded on three sides by trees, giving the stadium its natural beauty and nickname. The hills not built over with concrete or metal stands are almost always occupied by fans who bring blankets to sit on. Because of the hillsides and other space inside the stadium, it can accommodate more spectators than the official fire code-defined seating capacity allows, up to 2½ times the official number.

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