Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
Gainesville, United States
88,548
recorded capacity
recorded as 2003–present
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Michigan Stadium, 107,600
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville is the 2nd-largest of the 124 listed stadiums that opened in the 1930s. It opened in 1930.
The nearest listed stadium is EverBank Stadium, 102 km away.
- Listed for
- American football
- Tenants
- Florida Gators football
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 29.65° N, 82.35° W
Where it stands in the United States
- Michigan Stadium19,052 more107,600
- 7 more listed stadiums
- Sanford Stadium4,485 more93,033
- Cotton Bowl3,552 more92,100
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena1,154 more89,702
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium88,548
- Jordan–Hare Stadium505 fewer88,043
- Memorial Stadium, Lincoln3,090 fewer85,458
- MetLife Stadium6,048 fewer82,500
- 294 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1930
- Operator
- University Athletic Association
- Recorded construction cost
- $118,000
- Record attendance
- 90,916
- Opening order in the United States
- joint 56th of 309, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in the United States
- 0.7%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2017, more recent than 85 of the other 155 listed stadiums in the United States with such a year
- Compared with the median in the United States
- 2.8 times the median capacity of 31,500 across its 309 listed stadiums
- Opened in the 1930s in the United States
- 25 of the 309 listed stadiums, this one included
- Also opened in 1930 in the United States
- Cotton Bowl, Notre Dame Stadium, Amon G. Carter Stadium and 2 more
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Sanford Stadium, 488 km
Chronology
- 1930 Opened
- 1950 Expanded
- 1960 Expanded
- 1966 Expanded
- 1982 Expanded
- 1991 Expanded
- 2003 Expanded, Renovated
- 2008 Expanded
- 2011 Renovated
- 2015 Renovated
- 2017 Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- EverBank Stadium · north-east67,814 places, opened 1995101.5 km
- Hodges Stadium · north-east12,000 places, opened 2004106.5 km
- Daytona Stadium · south-east10,000 places, opened 1988130.5 km
- Camping World Stadium · south-east60,219 places, opened 1936154.0 km
- Inter.co Stadium · south-east24,453 places, opened 2017154.6 km
Source: Wikipedia, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium.