Renovated Hayward Field hosts the sport's showcase event for the first time on U.S. soil
Newly renovated Hayward Field sits in the middle of the University of Oregon campus, its futuristic exoskeleton rising above the aging brick buildings like a spaceship. It cost Phil Knight and friends $300 million, and it includes a 5,000-square-foot video board, a 10-story tower with a hall of fame, luxury boxes for Nike execs, covered training areas under the seats, a three-lane urethane running track circling the concourse, majestic curved wooden beams supporting the roof.
On the north side, rising starkly behind the enormous video board, is a giant yellow crane erecting new student dormitories.Are they building something? Or is it already dead?Track and field in the United States is a little like its men’s 4x100-meter relay team: world-record potential but it keeps dropping the baton.
“I mean, that’s a tough question to answer,” said Allyson Felix, the most decorated U.S. track athlete in history who likely will run her final major international competition here. “There are a lot of issues that we could address. But I hope that hosting events in the U.S. will bring in new fans, that people will understand the sport and be drawn to it.”Consider: Sixty years ago, a USA-USSR dual meet at Stanford Stadium drew 150,000 over two days.
In a college town of 178,000 with only a handful of full-service hotels and no major airport within 100 miles.
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