Doak Campbell Stadium
| "The House That Bobby Built" | |
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| Location | 403 Stadium Drive West, Tallahassee, FL 32306 |
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| Coordinates | 30°26′17″N 84°18′16″W / 30.43806°N 84.30444°WCoordinates: 30°26′17″N 84°18′16″W / 30.43806°N 84.30444°W |
| Owner | Florida State University |
| Operator | Florida State Athletics |
| Capacity | 15,000 (1950–1953) 19,000 (1954–1960) 25,000 (1961–1963) 40,500 (1964–1977) 47,413 (1978–1979) 51,094 (1980–1981) 55,246 (1982–1984) 60,519 (1985–1991) 70,123 (1992) 72,589 (1993) 75,000 (1994) 77,500 (1995) 80,000 (1996–2000) 82,000 (2001–2002) 82,300 (2003–2015) 79,560 (2016–present) |
| Record attendance | 84,409 |
| Surface | 419 Tifway Bermuda Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | June 1950 |
| Opened | October 7, 1950 |
| Expanded | 1954, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992–1996, 2001, 2003, 2016 |
| Construction cost |
$250,000 (in 1950) ($2.49 million in 2016 dollars) |
| Architect | Ball-Horton & Associates Barnett Fronczak Architects The Architects Collaborative (Renovations) |
| General contractor | http://culpepperconstruction.com/about-us/ |
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| Florida State Seminoles football (NCAA FBS) | |
Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium, commonly referred to as Doak S. Campbell Stadium or 'Doak', is the football stadium on the campus of the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the home venue for the university's football team, nicknamed the Seminoles. The stadium was named for Doak S. Campbell, the president of the university at the time of its construction, and the field was named for head football coach Bobby Bowden.
The stadium is part of the University Center complex, a mixed-use facility encompassing university office space, university classrooms, the university's Visitor's Center, souvenir store, The University Center Club, as well as skyboxes and press boxes for use during football games. The stadium has a capacity of 79,560, making it the twentieth largest stadium in the NCAA, the second largest football stadium in the ACC and the largest continuous brick structure in the United States (second in the world, with the first being the Great Wall of China). On November 20, 2004 in accordance with an act of state legislation, the stadium and field were renamed Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.
Doak Campbell Stadium regularly makes lists of the best gameday atmospheres and most intimidating places to play.
The stadium, named after FSU President Doak Campbell, hosted its first game against the Randolph-Macon College Yellowjackets on October 7, 1950 with the Seminoles winning the game 40–7. At that time the facility had a seating capacity of 15,000. Florida State began to play at Centennial Field during the team's 1947 season and would continue to play there for the following two years (1948 and 1949). Florida State College – FSU's predecessor institution – also fielded teams from 1902–1904 (precise location of where games were played is not documented). Doak Campbell Stadium, with its original capacity of 15,000 in 1950, was built at a cost of $250,000. In 1954, the stadium grew to a capacity of 19,000. Six thousand more seats were added in 1961. During the Bill Peterson era (1960–70), the stadium was expanded to 40,500 seats, and it remained at that capacity for the next 14 years. Since that time, the stadium has expanded to 82,300, largely in part to the success of the football team under head coach Bobby Bowden coupled with the ever-growing student body. It now is the 2nd largest football stadium in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC). Aesthetically, a brick facade surrounding the stadium matches the architectural design of most of the buildings on the university's campus. In addition to the obvious recreational uses, The University Center surrounds the stadium and houses many of the university's offices. The field was officially named Bobby Bowden field on November 20, 2004 as Florida State hosted intrastate rival Florida. The FSU War Chant began during the Auburn game in 1983 and has since spread to be used by fans of the Atlanta Braves and Kansas City Chiefs.
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