Built for the Texas Tech Red Raiders, Jones
AT&T
Stadium has been the home to football team for more than six decades. Originally known as
simply Jones Stadium, the Red Raiders
played their first football game at the stadium as their last home game
of the year in 1947. The stadium was named after Clifford and Audrey Jones, who donated
a portion of the $400,000 construction cost that it took to build the stadium.
The Red Raiders played their first game at the stadium on November 29,
1947 against Hardin-Simmons University.
Originally with a capacity of 18,000,
the grandstand was situated in a semi oval. The first major renovation
was before the 1960 season, when $2 million was spent adding 14,500
seats to the stadium. The field was lowered allowing more seats to
be installed. Lights were also added at this time. Before the 1970
season, Astroturf replaced the grass field and two years later the
stadium was expanded again to seat 47,000 fans. In August 2000,
AT&T Communications gave Texas Tech $20 million, allowing the university to expand and
renovate the stadium. As part of the deal, the stadium was
renamed Jones AT&T Stadium.
The expansions included a new three story press box with 21
luxury suites, increasing the capacity by 8,000 and modeling the
façade after Spanish Renaissance Architecture to fit in with its
surroundings. In December 2005, Texas Tech regents
approved the construction of a parking garage and addition of 22
luxury suites on the east side of the stadium. In March 2007, Texas
Tech presented a plan that would add 30,000 seats over the next 20
years to Jones AT&T Stadium. The first $25 million phase was approved
in August 2008 and added a Spanish Renaissance facade to the east side
of the stadium. It also included an addition of 1,000 seats, 550 club
seats and 26 luxury suites. A $6 million expansion was approved in May
2009 adding 6,000 seats to the east side of the stadium. This
expansion pushed the seating capacity to over 61,000. Today, fans have
a outstanding stadium to come enjoy Red Raiders football games.
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2010 SCHEDULE
RED RAIDERS TIDBITS
Southern Methodist Mustangs
vs. Texas Tech Red Raiders
Jones AT&T Stadium September 4, 2010
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