Neyland Stadium

Neyland Stadium
	Shields-Watkins Field
	View of the stadium
Earlier names
	Shields-Watkins Field (1921-1962)
Data
place	1300 Phillip Fulmer Way Knoxville , Tennessee 37916 ;
Coordinates	35 ° 57 '17.9 " N , 83 ° 55' 30" W Coordinates: 35 ° 57 '17.9 " N , 83 ° 55' 30" W.
owner	University of Tennessee
operator	University of Tennessee
start of building	March 21, 1921
opening	September 24, 1921
First game	September 24, 1921 ; Tennessee - Emory & Henry 27-0
Renovations	2006, 2008, 2010
Extensions	1926, 1929, 1937-1938, 1948, 1962, 1966, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, 1987, 1990, 1996
surface	Natural grass (1921–1967, since 1994) ; AstroTurf (1968–1993)
costs	$ 42,000 (1921) ; $ 136.4 million (2004-2010)
architect	McCarty Holsaple McCarty (renovation)
capacity	102,455 seats
Societies)
	Tennessee Volunteers ( NCAA , since 1921);
Events
	National Football League (NFL) test matches;

The Neyland Stadium is a college football - stadium on the campus of the University of Tennessee in the American US city Knoxville in the state of Tennessee . The plant on the banks of the Tennessee River is primarily used to host the college football games of the NCAA -Mannschaft the Tennessee Volunteers ( SEC ). After several expansions, the official audience capacity is now 102,455. This makes it the fifth largest stadium in the United States and the seventh largest stadium in the world .

history

The Neyland Stadium was designed in 1919. WS Shields, the president of Knoxville's City National Bank and a trustee of the University of Tennessee , provided the funds to set up a playing field. The original sports facility - the lower part of today's West Stand - was completed in March 1921 and was named Shields-Watkins Field in honor of the donor and his wife .

In 1962, the stadium was renamed Neyland Stadium in honor of the late athletic director and former coach Robert Neyland . Neyland coached the team from 1926 to 1952 and led the volunteers to the top of the nation. The field is still called Watkins Shields Field . The last expansion in 2000 saw the record capacity of 104,079. Since then, club seats have been added to the east grandstand in 2006 and to the west grandstand in 2009, reducing the spectator capacity to 100,011. In 2010 the capacity with the new Tennessee Terrace was increased again slightly to currently 102,455.

Stadium extensions

Extensions by year
year	extension	Change in capacitance	Total capacity
1921	Original west stand	3,200 seats	3,200
1926	East Stand	3,600 seats	6,800
1929	West stand	11,060 seats	17,860
1937	North section X	1,500 seats	19,360
1938	East Stand	12,030 seats	31,390
1948	South Stand	15,000 seats	46,390
1962	Upper deck west	Press box, 5,837 seats	52,227
1966	North Stand	5,895 seats	58.122
1968	Upper deck east	6,307 seats	64,429
1972	Upper deck southwest	6,221 seats	70,650
1976	Upper deck southeast	9,600 seats	80,250
1980	North Stand	10,999 seats	91,249
1987	West Executive Suites	42 suites	91.110
1990	Adaptation of student places	792 seats	91.902
1996	Upper deck north	10,642 seats	102,544
1997	Various adjustments	310 seats	102,854
2000	Management suites east	78 suites	104.079
2006	Club places east	Club level	102.037
2009	Club places west	Club level	100.011
2010	Tennessee Terrace	2,444 seats	102,455