Alltel Stadium
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| Former names | Jacksonville Municipal Stadium (1995–1996, 2007–2009) Alltel Stadium (1997–2006) |
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| Address | One EverBank Field Drive |
| Location | Jacksonville, Florida |
| Coordinates | 30°19′26″N 81°38′15″W / 30.32389°N 81.63750°WCoordinates: 30°19′26″N 81°38′15″W / 30.32389°N 81.63750°W |
| Owner | City of Jacksonville |
| Operator | Spectacor Management Group |
| Executive suites | 75 |
| Capacity | 67,246 (expandable to 82,000) |
| Surface | Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass |
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| Broke ground | January 3, 1994 |
| Opened | August 18, 1995 |
| Construction cost | US$121 million (1995 renovation) ($190 million in 2017 dollars) |
| Architect | HOK Sport (now Populous) (1995 renovation) |
| Structural engineer | Bliss and Nyitray, Inc |
| Services engineer | M-E Engineers, Inc. |
| General contractor | Huber, Hunt & Nichols |
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Jacksonville Jaguars (NFL) (1995–present) TaxSlayer Bowl (NCAA) (1996–present) Jacksonville Armada FC (NASL) (2015–present; some games) |
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EverBank Field (originally Jacksonville Municipal Stadium and formerly Alltel Stadium) is an American football stadium in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida, and the home stadium facility of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League (NFL). It also hosts the annual Florida–Georgia game, a college football rivalry game between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia, and the TaxSlayer Bowl (formerly the Gator Bowl), a post-season college bowl game. It is also one of the venues used by the United States men's national soccer team. The stadium assumed its current name on August 10, 2010, following the approval of a five-year naming rights deal with the financial services company EverBank. On July 25, 2014, EverBank made a $43 million deal to keep the name for ten more years, to end in 2024.
The current stadium opened in 1995 on the site of the old Gator Bowl Stadium, which had been erected in 1949. Located on the St. Johns River, it sits on 10 acres (4.0 ha) of land, including portions of the older stadium. The stadium hosted Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 and has also held a number of college football games as well as concerts and other events.
EverBank Field is located in the Stadium District of Downtown Jacksonville, which has been home to football fields since the early 20th century. In 1928 the first permanent football stadium, Fairfield Stadium, was constructed. In 1948 this was expanded and renamed Gator Bowl Stadium, in honor of the annual Gator Bowl game first played two years earlier.
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