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Pat Ryan retweeted
Northwestern’s win over Penn State during opening night at the new Ryan Field scored 3,449,000 viewers for FOX COLLEGE FOOTBALL FRIDAY
🏈 Peaked at 4,211,000 viewers
🏈 Up +49% vs. 2025’s Friday night CFB average on FOX
Pat Ryan retweeted
@NUFBFamily Homecoming weekend ahead!
Great Chicago Food Festival (Brunch Edition) kicks off at 9:30 am
#NUMB performing pregame on field, including national anthem
Kickoff vs Ball State: 11:30 am
#NUMB will once again be the half time show, this week including NUMB alumni members
Pat Ryan retweeted
New Ryan Field delivered.
Plus, an underrated perk of the new digs.
@NUFBFamily | @CFBONFOX
Pat Ryan retweeted
The new @NUFBFamily team introduction @NewRyanField was mind-blowing!
You have to see it to believe it!
Pat Ryan retweeted
Opening night at @NewRyanField was magical:
Incredible anthem performance by Ian Rucker of @LyricOpera
Beautiful full field American Flag carried by hundreds of our Evanston partners
Breathtaking fly over by Indiana Air National Guard
Thank you to everyone who participated!
Pat Ryan retweeted
Can confirm the clubs, concourse, and exterior festival areas were all busy during the game.
Just look at these food options in one of the clubs. Insane.
Northwestern’s new $875 million stadium was sold out for its first game, but large sections of seats appeared empty on TV.
Developer Pat Ryan Jr. said many fans chose to watch from the open concourses and clubs, which overlook the field, rather than from their seats.
Pat Ryan retweeted
Welcome to the debut of the NEW Ryan Field‼️
📍 Evanston, Illinois
🏠 Northwestern
🆚 Penn State
Today’s grand opening comes exactly 100 years to the day after the original stadium hosted its very first game in 1926 #GoCats
Pat Ryan retweeted
"Everything that has been good in our lives started at Northwestern."
🟪⬜ Pat Ryan Sr.
“The Ryan family has transformed @NorthwesternU.”
A magical night, made possible by decades of leadership, investment and support from Pat Ryan Sr. and the Ryan family.
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Pat Ryan retweeted
🇺🇸 Northwestern opened the doors to its new home… and made one hell of a first impression.
“Thunderstruck” shaking the stadium, fireworks overhead, purple smoke pouring across the field as the Wildcats ran out in front of roughly 35,000 fans.
If this was night one at the new Ryan Field, imagine what a rivalry game is going to look like🔥
Writer: Val
Pat Ryan retweeted
We toured Northwestern’s new $900M Stadium, Ryan Field, yesterday and got to see the away locker rooms
‘This is one of the nicest ones I’ve seen. They should be grateful.’ - @Melvingordon25
Last year, we got to go into Ole Miss’ away locker room and walked away thinking their away locker room is true ‘home field advantage’
Which away locker room do you like better?
Northwestern or Ole Miss?
Pat Ryan retweeted
Aidan Chiles and Caleb Komolafe ran straight to the Wildcat Wall after the final snap last night.
The program is clearly invested in ensuring the students are bought in.
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David Braun said running out of the tunnel in front of the crowd and the student section was amazing.
"I felt like I was in the best dream of my life."
Pat Ryan retweeted
The 2,000 seat Wildcat Wall sold out in 2 hours!
Over 80% of students selecting early tickets chose to stand in the Wildcat Wall over seated student sections.
Good news: Free tickets for students in the seating sections adjacent to the Wildcat Wall will be available Tuesday!
Pat Ryan retweeted
“A real-life NFL locker room.” 🤯
First reviews of the @newryanfield locker room are in.
Pat Ryan retweeted
WOW!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
The new Northwestern locker room at @NewRyanField looks absolutely spectacular.
This place is NEXT LEVEL.
But the best part? The players’ reactions when they saw it for the first time. Says it all.
First-class facility. First-class experience. What an incredible new home for @NUFBFamily
🟣⚪️⚫️
#GoCats #B1GCats
“A real-life NFL locker room.” 🤯
First reviews of the @newryanfield locker room are in.
Pat Ryan retweeted
This is awesome: A first look at Northwestern’s new $850 million+ stadium, and it's one of the nicest in all of college football.
The facilities are better than some in the NFL.
🤯🤯🤯