Nebraska is actually selling used urinal troughs from Memorial Stadium, and get this, they are going for $3,000 each. This wild move is all part of the ongoing Big Red Rebuild for their 103-year-old venue, proving that some fans will literally buy anything from their favorite team’s history.
Shelling Out Big Bucks for a Piece of History
We are talking about some serious dedication here. These cleaned troughs are no joke either, measuring a hefty 72 to 96 inches long and weighing a solid 300 pounds. Imagine trying to get that into your game room! Larry Holder of The Athletic dropped the bomb that seven of the 30 available urinals were already snatched up as of Monday afternoon, a fact confirmed by Rare Goods co-founder Joe DiPietro, whose company is helping Nebraska with the sale. That’s a quarter of them gone in a flash.
Not The First Time, But Still Wild
This isn’t even a totally new idea. The Buffalo Bills have been doing something similar, selling items from their old Highmark Stadium, including their own urinal troughs. Brandon Steiner, founder and CEO of CollectibleXchange, told Michael Petro of the Buffalo News that only a few of the Bills’ 40 troughs, priced at an even steeper $5,000 each, were left as of Sunday. Talk about a market for the weirdest memorabilia! If you are wondering what on earth people do with these things, the BuyGR sales page had some suggestions: fans have turned them into oversized planters, backyard conversation pieces, game-room displays, garden features, and even shop fixtures. The possibilities are, well, uniquely endless.
So, if you are in the market for an original stadium trough, have $3,000 burning a hole in your pocket, and can somehow pick up a 300-pound beast in Lincoln, then you are in luck. For Cornhuskers fans, it’s just another layer to what’s already a fantastic start to the season, with the team sitting pretty at 5-0 overall and 2-0 in the Big Ten. What a way to celebrate those wins: by owning a piece of the stadium’s plumbing!
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Originally reported by Bleacher Report.
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