Denny Stadium (Alabama)
Looking west in 2010
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| Former names | Denny Stadium (1929–1975) |
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| Location | 920 Paul W Bryant Drive Tuscaloosa, Alabama, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33°12′29″N 87°33′00″W / 33.208°N 87.55°WCoordinates: 33°12′29″N 87°33′00″W / 33.208°N 87.55°W |
| Operator | University of Alabama (#1) |
| Capacity | 18,000 (1929–1935) 24,000 (1936–1945) 31,000 (1946–1960) 43,000 (1961–1965) 60,210 (1966–1987) 70,123 (1988–1997) 83,818 (1998–2004) 81,018 (2005) 92,138 (2006–2008) 92,012 (2009) 101,821 (2010–present) |
| Record attendance | 101,821 |
| Surface | Grass (1929–1967) AstroTurf (1968–1991) Grass (1991–present) |
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| Broke ground | December 1928 |
| Opened | September 28, 1929 |
| Expanded | 1937: East side bleachers 1950: 7,000+ seats 1961: 18,000+ seats 1966: 17,000+ seats 1988: West side upper deck 1998: East side upper deck 2006: North end zone and upper deck 2010: South end zone and upper deck |
| Construction cost | $196,000 ($2.79 million in 2017) |
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Alabama Crimson Tide (NCAA) (1929–1986, 1988-present) Alabama High School Athletic Association (2009–present, odd-numbered years) |
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Bryant–Denny Stadium is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States, on the campus of the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa. It is the home field of the Alabama Crimson Tide football team of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).
Opened 89 years ago in 1929, it was originally named Denny Stadium in honor of George H. Denny, the school's president from 1912 to 1932. In 1975, the state legislature added longtime head coach and alumnus Paul "Bear" Bryant to the stadium's name. Bryant led the Tide for seven more seasons, through 1982, and is one of the few in Division I to have coached in a venue bearing his name.
With a seating capacity of 101,821, it is the fourth-largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference, the seventh largest stadium in the United States and the eighth largest stadium in the world.
The replacement for Denny Field, Denny Stadium opened in 1929, with 6,000 in attendance for a 55–0 victory over Mississippi College on September 28. It was officially dedicated the following week at Homecoming ceremonies against Ole Miss, a 22–7 Crimson Tide victory. Originally, the stadium had a capacity of 12,000—the lower half of the current stadium's east grandstand. However, President Denny initially envisioned a full bowl stadium capable of seating 66,000.
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