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 Bryant-Denny Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL
Bryant-Denny Stadium, home of
the Alabama Crimson Tide since 1929, is now one of the largest
stadiums in college football. Prior to the opening of Bryant-Denny
Stadium, the Tide played at Denny Field and University Field. The
University of Alabama decided it was time for a new stadium for the
Tides by the mid 1920’s and built a 12,000 seat stadium. The Tides
christened the stadium, originally known as George Hutchenson Denny
Stadium on September 28, 1929.
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Like every other college team, the
Tides needed to expand their stadium due to the increasing fan
support. The first of many expansions took place in 1937 when 6,000
seats were added to the east side. By 1946 bleachers were at both end
zones of the stadium and the capacity was 31,000. A new press box and
12,000 seats where added in time for the 1961 season increasing the
capacity to 43,000. Additions in both 1966 and 1998 including the
construction of the upper deck on the west side were completed. The
stadium now had seating for 70,123 fans. In 1975, state legislature
renamed George Hutchenson Denny Stadium, Bryant-Denny Stadium. In 1998, the east side upper deck was
constructed. This project included 81 new skyboxes, a
video/scoreboard on the south end, new lights, an east side entrance
tower and a brick façade for the facility. The latest expansion was
completed before the 2006 season. This $50 million project increased
the seating capacity to over 92,000 with new seats and skyboxes.
A grand
promenade connects the stadium to
University Boulevard, which is lined
with larger-than-life statues of the four coaches who have brought
Alabama its 12 national championships. Also lining Alabama’s new Walk
of Champions are inlaid granite tablets which commemorate the school’s
21 SEC Championships and 12 National Championships. The 7-story North
End Zone Glass Curtain Wall gives Bryant-Denny the formal face it has
always needed.
Two
state-of-the-art video screens, for game action and replays, have been
added to the northeast and northwest corners of the stadium to
supplement the existing south end zone Sony Jumbrotron.
Today, Bryant-Denny Stadium is the
5th largest on-campus
stadium in America and the 7th largest overall stadium in
the country. In April 2007 Alabama hired Davis Architects to study the
possibility of expanding the south endzone to further increase the
seating capacity of Bryant Denny Stadium.
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BRYANT DENNY STADIUM
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Famous Players:
Tyler Watts, Chris
Mohr, Terry Jones
School Traditions: The Elephant, The
Million Dollar Band
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