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 Jacksonville
Municipal Stadium
Jacksonville, FL
For more than a half a century the annual Gator
Bowl has been played at the site of Jacksonville Municipal Stadium. Dating back to
1946, the original Gator Bowl game was played at what was also call
the Gator Bowl Stadium.
In 1990, the NFL announced that it
would expand to 30 teams by the start of the 1995 season. Hoping to be
awarded a franchise, the Jacksonville City Council voted to commit $60
million to renovate the Gator Bowl, contingent upon the city being
awarded an expansion football team. In November 1993, the NFL awarded
Jacksonville a franchise. Instead of renovating the Gator Bowl, the
city decided to demolish 90 percent of the stadium and construct a new
one on the same site. Completed in just 19.5 months, the stadium was
completed by opening day 1995.
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Originally named Jacksonville
Municipal Stadium, the first Jaguars played their first game at the
stadium on August 18, 1995. The stadium consists of over 70,000 blue
seats. Two, two tier grandstands of seats are located on both sides of
the playing field. The lower deck circles the entire playing field.
Two 60-by-156-foot video/scoreboards are located at both ends of the
stadium.
In 1997, Alltel Communications purchased the
naming rights to the stadium,
thus the stadium was known as Alltel Stadium. In 2007, the stadium was
renamed Jacksonville Municipal Stadium.
The stadium has many amenities
including 10,000 club seats and two Touchdown Clubs that provide more
than 65,000 square feet of air-conditioned comfort with a variety of
food and beverage selections. Jacksonville Municipal Stadium
continues to host many events including the Gator
Bowl each year that pits teams from the ACC and Big East Conferences
against each other.
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