{"id":717443,"date":"2026-06-05T18:29:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717443\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T18:29:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T18:29:20","slug":"local-high-school-football-rivalry-comes-to-ryan-field","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/717443\/","title":{"rendered":"Local high school football rivalry comes to Ryan Field"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Two weeks after Northwestern football opens Ryan Field against Penn State on Friday, Oct. 2, the University will host the Evanston Township High School (ETHS)-New Trier High School rivalry game on Friday, Oct. 16.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\u201cWhen we sought approval for the new Ryan Field, we committed that this stadium would be more than just a home for Big Ten football,\u201d said Pat Ryan Jr., CEO of Ryan Sports Development. \u201cIt would be a year-round asset for our community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.northwestern.edu%2Fstories%2F2026%2F06%2Flocal-high-school-football-rivalry-comes-to-ryan-field&amp;text=%22%22+Pat+Ryan+Jr.+CEO+of+Ryan+Sports+Development&amp;via=NorthwesternU\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/news.northwestern.edu\/_resources\/themes\/now\/css\/images\/tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet this quote\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When we sought approval for the new Ryan Field, we committed that this stadium would be more than just a home for Big Ten football.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Pat Ryan Jr.<br \/>CEO of Ryan Sports Development<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Along with the football game at Ryan Field, the Evanston Fellowship of Afro-American Men basketball tournament will be played at Welsh-Ryan Arena in September. In addition, the ETHS boys and girls basketball teams will play a doubleheader there against New Trier on Friday, Feb. 5, 2027.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Ryan Field will host other local events geared toward the community, including holiday celebrations, movie nights, as well as other Northwestern athletic events, redefining what a college football stadium can be used for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cWe\u2019re trying to build a legacy here,\u201d said Dave Davis, Northwestern\u2019s assistant vice president of Neighborhood and Community Relations. \u201cOur aim is to find ways to engage the community in a wide range of events and experiences throughout the year. And this rivalry game is just another way to bring our neighbors out to the new Ryan Field.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two weeks after Northwestern football opens Ryan Field against Penn State on Friday, Oct. 2, the University will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":717444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[563],"tags":[64,63,596,85],"class_list":["post-717443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-football","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-football","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=717443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/717444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=717443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=717443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=717443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}