FIU Stadium
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| Former names | FIU Community Stadium (1995–2001) Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium (2001–2017) |
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| Location | 11200 Southwest 8th Street Miami, FL 33199 |
| Coordinates | 25°45′9″N 80°22′40″W / 25.75250°N 80.37778°WCoordinates: 25°45′9″N 80°22′40″W / 25.75250°N 80.37778°W |
| Owner | Florida International University |
| Operator | Florida International University |
| Executive suites | 19 |
| Capacity | 20,000 (2012) |
| Record attendance | 22,682 (2011 vs. Duke) |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
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| Broke ground | July 24, 1994 |
| Opened | September 24, 1995 |
| Expanded | 2001, 2008 and 2012 |
| Construction cost | $3 million (Original stadium, 1994) ($4.72 million in 2016 dollars) US$54 million (New stadium, 2007) |
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Rossetti Architects BEA Architects |
| General contractor | Odebrecht Construction |
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FIU Panthers (NCAA) (1995–present) Football (2002–present) Track and Field (1995–2006) Miami FC (USL First Division) (2009) Miami FC (NASL) (2016–present) |
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Riccardo Silva Stadium is a college football and soccer stadium on the campus of Florida International University (FIU) in Miami, Florida and the home stadium of the FIU Panthers football team and Miami FC. The stadium opened in 1995 and has a seating capacity of 20,000.
FIU Community Stadium was the first dedicated sports facility at the school, replacing Tamiami Field. Construction officially began on July 24, 1994 and the facility opened on September 24, 1995, as a 7,500-seat football and track stadium. It was built as a joint venture between FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade Parks, and the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair. In anticipation of the inaugural FIU Golden Panthers football season in fall 2002, the university placed movable bleachers around the stadium's all-weather running track in 2001, which increased the stadium's capacity to 17,000 seats.
In 2007, the university announced a major expansion and redesign for FIU Stadium. The redesign of FIU Stadium would increase the stadium's capacity to 45,000 fans, to be built in phases. For the first phase of the expansion, the school demolished a large portion of the original 1995 stadium. The west, south and east sides of FIU Stadium were taken down and construction began on the new, permanent stadium. The expansion was completed in September 2008 for the 2008 football season. Phase one increased the stadium's capacity from 17,000 fans to 18,000, including 1,500 club seats. During construction, the 2007 FIU Golden Panthers football team played its home games in the Miami Orange Bowl.
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