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Which stadium first used the elliptical bowl design for American football?
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Aerial view of Michigan Stadium, home to the gridiron football team of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
The elliptical bowl design for American football was first employed in the Yale Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1914. This design was subsequently repeated in several other prominent stadiums, including the Rose Bowl and Michigan Stadium.1