Spectrum Stadium

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Spectrum Stadium
The Bounce House
The Stadium during the Championship Game of the 2017 American Athletic Conference
The Stadium during the Championship Game of the 2017 American Athletic Conference
Earlier names

Bright House Networks Stadium (2007-2017)

Data
place 4465 Knights Victory Way Orlando , Florida 32816
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 28 ° 36 '32.8 "  N , 81 ° 11' 32.6"  W Coordinates: 28 ° 36 '32.8 "  N , 81 ° 11' 32.6"  W.
owner University of Central Florida
start of building March 22, 2006
opening September 15, 2007
First game September 15, 2007
UCF Knights - Texas Longhorns
Renovations 2014–2015, 2017
surface Natural grass ( Bermuda Grass )
costs 55 million US dollars
architect 360 Architecture
capacity 44,206 places (since 2015)
45,323 places (2007-2014)
Societies)
Events

The Spectrum Stadium (until 2017 Bright House Networks Stadium ) is a college football - stadium in the US city of Orlando in the state of Florida . It is located on the campus of the University of Central Florida (UCF) and will host the home games of college football teams from the University, the UCF Knights ( American Athletic Conference ). In addition, the stadium was briefly the home of the Orlando Apollos from the now insolvent Alliance of American Football .

The stadium was built in 2007 to replace the Orlando Citrus Bowl in Downtown Orlando, where the UCF Knights had played their home games since 1979.

history

In early 2005, a feasibility study for a football stadium on campus was carried out on behalf of the University of Central Florida. After this was concluded with a positive result, after some delays due to concerns of residents regarding falling property values ​​and noise pollution, construction of the stadium, initially known as the UCF Stadium , began in March 2006 .

After a year and a half of construction, the stadium opened on September 15, 2007 with a football game between the UCF Knights and the Texas Longhorns .

From 2014 to 2015, the facility was renovated for 8 million US dollars .

gallery

  • The stadium under construction in December 2006

  • The stadium on the opening day

  • Before a UCF game against Maryland on September 17, 2016

  • Spectrum Stadium under floodlights on October 14, 2017

and display information about the image
Panorama of the Bright House Networks Stadium during the opening game in September 2007

Web links

Commons : Spectrum Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Spectrum Stadium. In: University of Central Florida. April 12, 2017, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b UCF Trustees Approve Financing Plan, Groundbreaking for On-Campus Football Stadium. In: UCF Athletics Association. December 14, 2005, archived from the original on April 19, 2012 ; accessed on April 20, 2019 .
  3. ^ Student support for UCF remains abysmal. In: Central Florida Future. September 13, 2007, archived from the original on July 22, 2011 .
  4. ↑ Bright House Networks Stadium Featured in SportsTurf Magazine. In: UCF Athletics Association. Archived from the original on December 2, 2017 ; accessed on April 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ a b Facilities - Spectrum Stadium. In: ucfknights.com. July 25, 2018, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  6. ^ Steve Spurrier announced as first coach and Orlando first host city for Alliance of American Football. In: CBSSports.com. April 7, 2018, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ UCF gets stadium feasibility study. In: bizjournals.com. April 1, 2005, accessed April 20, 2019 .
  8. ^ Kyle Hightower: Full Up: UCF Sells Out 1st On-Campus Game. In: Orlando Sentinel. September 15, 2007 (English).