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Legion Field

Birmingham, United States

71,594

recorded capacity

1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Michigan Stadium, 107,600

Legion Field in Birmingham was a venue of the 1996 Summer Olympics. It opened in 1927.

It is the 70th-largest of the 2,233 stadiums on this site. The nearest listed stadium is Protective Stadium, 3.6 km away.

Listed for
American football
Tenants
Magic City Classic
Surface
Artificial turf
Position
33.51° N, 86.84° W

Compare with another stadium

Where it stands in the United States

  1. Michigan Stadium36,006 more107,600
  2. 27 more listed stadiums
  3. Caesars Superdome1,614 more73,208
  4. Reliant Stadium626 more72,220
  5. Husky Stadium538 more72,132
  6. Legion Field71,594
  7. Mercedes-Benz Stadium594 fewer71,000
  8. M&T Bank Stadium849 fewer70,745
  9. SoFi Stadium1,354 fewer70,240
  10. 274 more listed stadiums

All 309 listed in the United States

From the record

Construction began
1926
Owner
City of Birmingham
Recorded construction cost
$ 439,000
Record attendance
83,183 (1996)
Opening order in the United States
joint 44th of 309, earliest first
Share of listed capacity in the United States
0.6%
Latest renovation or expansion
2015, more recent than 69 of the other 155 listed stadiums in the United States with such a year
Compared with the median in the United States
2.3 times the median capacity of 31,500 across its 309 listed stadiums
Opened in the 1920s in the United States
41 of the 309 listed stadiums, this one included
Also opened in 1927 in the United States
Michigan Stadium, Kenan Stadium, Villanova Stadium
Nearest larger listed stadium
Bryant–Denny Stadium, 73.8 km
Listed stadiums within 10 km
1

Chronology

  1. 1927 Opened
  2. 1934 Expanded
  3. 1948 Expanded
  4. 1961 Expanded, Renovated
  5. 1965 Expanded, Renovated
  6. 1977 Expanded
  7. 1991 Expanded
  8. 1996 Summer Olympics venue
  9. 2005 Renovated
  10. 2015 Renovated

Nearest listed stadiums

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  1. Protective Stadium · north-east47,100 places, opened 20213.6 km
  2. Bryant–Denny Stadium · south-west100,077 places, opened 192973.8 km
  3. AmFirst Stadium · east22,500 places, opened 1947105.4 km
  4. ASU Stadium · south26,500 places, opened 2012137.6 km
  5. Louis Crews Stadium · north21,000 places, opened 1996143.5 km

Source: Wikipedia, Legion Field.