The Ohio Stadium, the Shoe or the House Harley Built as it is known popularly is the football stadium of the Ohio State University and house to the Buckeyes football team. This stadium has also served as a concert venue featuring popular acts like Metallica, Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, U2 and a few notable mentions among the scores of other rock acts that have performed over the past few years.

Getting tickets to shows and sports events has become increasingly easy with online sites such as Ticketmaster which have speeded up and made the whole process as easy as clicking a mouse button. For more details on the events listing and ticketing click on the links below:

Ohio Stadium Details and Tickets:

http://www.ticketmaster.com/Ohio-Stadium-tickets-Columbus/venue/41028

Hotels Closest to the Ohio Buckeyes Stadium (within 2 miles):

- Varsity Inn - ½ mile

- Red Roof Inn Columbus - 1 ½ mile

- Fairfield Inn by Marriott-1 ½ miles

Sites with Hotel listings and User reviews and ratings:

There are plenty of sites for travelers hoping to get most ideal Columbus Ohio hotels. These sites are full of reviews and ratings from travelers that have stayed in the listed hotels.

Travel Forecaster

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Metro Travel Guide

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Hotel Planner

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The Columbus is the capital and the largest city of Ohio which offers unlimited fun and entertainment through its wide variety of events. The Ohio Stadium is one place that hosts many such events. So, booking rooms ass Columbus hotels near this stadium will not be a bad idea.

Ohio Stadium is the famous stadium of Columbus which is also known as the Horseshoe. This stadium is the home for the Buckeyes football team of Ohio State University. On March 22, 1974 the Ohio stadium was added to the National Registrar of Historic Places by National Park Service. This stadium is the 6th largest sports stadium with a seating capacity of around 102, 329 people. Besides various sports events the Ohio stadium also hosts concerts and Pink Floyd, Metallica, U2 and the Rolling Stones are some of the acts which have been played here. An interesting feature of this stadium is that there are no fields lights present here and if any special night event is hosted, the temporary lights are installed. The largest gathering till date at Ohio stadium was on October 25 in 2008 when 105,711 people gathered to witness the Buckeyes match against their rival Penn State Nittany Lions.

Seating Chart of the Ohio Stadium

http://www.gotickets.com/venues/oh/ohio_stadium.php

http://www.tickco.com/sc/630-1222/

http://www.razorgator.com/tickets/venues/ohio-stadium/

The Ohio stadium is also known as Horseshoe because it's seating arrangement is done in the shape of double deck horse shoe. The stadium is designed in a manner so that there is wonderful and clear view from every seat. Since the Ohio stadium witness large crowd during various sporting events, thus it is always advisable to book your tickets well in advance.