Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium)

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American football venue college football stadium outdoor stadium sports venue

Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) is an outdoor college football stadium in Lawrence, Kansas, serving as the longtime home field of the University of Kansas Jayhawks.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium	19
Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) canonical	3
Kansas Memorial Stadium	1
Memorial Stadium (Lawrence)	1
Memorial Stadium in Lawrence	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2349497 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium)
Context triple: [University of Kansas, hasPart, Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium)]

A. Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is a large college football stadium on the University of Oklahoma campus, serving as the home field for the Oklahoma Sooners.
B. Briggs Stadium
Briggs Stadium was a historic Major League Baseball park in Detroit, best known as the longtime home of the Detroit Tigers before it was renamed Tiger Stadium.
C. Arizona Stadium
Arizona Stadium is a college football venue in Tucson, Arizona, serving as the home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats.
D. Kinnick Stadium
Kinnick Stadium is a historic college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
E. Memorial Stadium (Bloomington)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington) is the primary football stadium for Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and home to the Indiana Hoosiers football team.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium)
Target entity description: Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) is an outdoor college football stadium in Lawrence, Kansas, serving as the longtime home field of the University of Kansas Jayhawks.

A. Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium is a large college football stadium on the University of Oklahoma campus, serving as the home field for the Oklahoma Sooners.
B. Briggs Stadium
Briggs Stadium was a historic Major League Baseball park in Detroit, best known as the longtime home of the Detroit Tigers before it was renamed Tiger Stadium.
C. Arizona Stadium
Arizona Stadium is a college football venue in Tucson, Arizona, serving as the home field for the University of Arizona Wildcats.
D. Kinnick Stadium
Kinnick Stadium is a historic college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
E. Memorial Stadium (Bloomington)
Memorial Stadium (Bloomington) is the primary football stadium for Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana, and home to the Indiana Hoosiers football team.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American football venue ⓘ college football stadium ⓘ outdoor stadium ⓘ sports venue ⓘ
associatedWith	University of Kansas athletics ⓘ linked to: Kansas Jayhawks athletics
brokeGround	1920 ⓘ
capacity	approximately 47,000 ⓘ
commemorates	World War I casualties from the University of Kansas ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
dedicatedTo	University of Kansas students and alumni killed in World War I ⓘ
fieldName	Kivisto Field ⓘ
hasAlternativeName	David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium ⓘ linked to: Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) Kansas Memorial Stadium ⓘ linked to: Memorial Stadium (David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium) Memorial Stadium ⓘ
hasEndZone	north end zone ⓘ south end zone ⓘ
hasFeature	artificial turf playing surface ⓘ club seating ⓘ horseshoe-shaped bowl ⓘ luxury suites ⓘ press box on the west side ⓘ
hasLighting	stadium lights for night games ⓘ
hasNearbyLandmark	Campanile Hill ⓘ University of Kansas campus ⓘ linked to: University of Kansas
hasScoreboard	north end zone video board ⓘ south end zone video board ⓘ
hasSeatingType	bleacher seating ⓘ
homeVenueOf	Kansas Jayhawks football ⓘ
league	Big 12 Conference ⓘ
locatedIn	Douglas County, Kansas ⓘ Kansas ⓘ Lawrence, Kansas ⓘ
namedAfter	David G. Booth ⓘ
opened	1921 ⓘ
operator	University of Kansas ⓘ
ownedBy	University of Kansas ⓘ
region	Midwestern United States ⓘ
renovation	major renovations in the 1960s ⓘ renovations in the 1990s ⓘ renovations in the 2000s ⓘ renovations in the 2010s ⓘ
sport	American football ⓘ
surface	FieldTurf ⓘ
tenant	Kansas Jayhawks football ⓘ
usedBy	Big 12 Conference member school ⓘ
usedFor	NCAA Division I FBS football ⓘ college football games ⓘ

How these facts were elicited