Sanford Stadium
Athens, United States
93,033
recorded capacity
recorded as 2024–present
1 block = 1,000 placesoutline continues to Michigan Stadium, 107,600
Sanford Stadium in Athens was a venue of the 1996 Summer Olympics. It opened in 1929.
It is the 9th-largest of the 309 listed stadiums in the United States. The nearest listed stadium is Memorial Stadium, Clemson, 94.5 km away.
- Listed for
- American football
- Tenants
- Georgia Bulldogs
- Surface
- Grass
- Position
- 33.95° N, 83.37° W
Where it stands in the United States
- Michigan Stadium14,567 more107,600
- 4 more listed stadiums
- Neyland Stadium8,882 more101,915
- Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium7,086 more100,119
- Bryant–Denny Stadium7,044 more100,077
- Sanford Stadium93,033
- Cotton Bowl933 fewer92,100
- Rose Bowl, Pasadena3,331 fewer89,702
- Ben Hill Griffin Stadium4,485 fewer88,548
- 297 more listed stadiums
From the record
- Construction began
- 1928
- Architect
- Atwood and Nash Heery International
- Recorded construction cost
- US$360,000
- Record attendance
- 93,246
- Opening order in the United States
- joint 50th of 309, earliest first
- Share of listed capacity in the United States
- 0.8%
- Latest renovation or expansion
- 2018, more recent than 96 of the other 155 listed stadiums in the United States with such a year
- Compared with the median in the United States
- 3.0 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 1929 in the United States
- Bryant–Denny Stadium, Kinnick Stadium, Casino Del Sol Stadium and 2 more
- Nearest larger listed stadium
- Neyland Stadium, 229 km
Chronology
- 1929 Opened
- 1949 Expanded
- 1964 Expanded
- 1967 Expanded
- 1981 Expanded
- 1991 Expanded
- 1994 Expanded, Renovated
- 1996 Summer Olympics venue
- 2000 Expanded
- 2003 Expanded
- 2018 Expanded, Renovated
Nearest listed stadiums
- Memorial Stadium, Clemson · north-east81,500 places, opened 194294.5 km
- Bobby Dodd Stadium · west52,113 places, opened 191396.2 km
- Center Parc Stadium · west24,333 places, opened 201796.8 km
- Mercedes-Benz Stadium · west71,000 places, opened 201797.2 km
- Truist Park · west41,108 places, opened 2017101.2 km
Source: Wikipedia, Sanford Stadium.