Neyland Stadium
The Neyland Stadium is a stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee. It serves primarily as a venue for the football games of the NCAA teams Tennessee Volunteers. After 19 extensions, the official ground capacity is now 102 455. This makes it the third largest stadium in the United States and the six largest stadium in the world.
History
The Neyland Stadium was first conceived in 1919. W.S. Shields, president of Knoxville 's City National Bank and a trustee of the University of Tennessee, presented the capital available to set up a playing field. The original stadium - the lower portion of today's Western Tribune - was completed in March 1921 and was named in honor of the donor and his wife, Shields - Watkins Field.
In 1962, the stadium was renamed in honor of the late athletic director and former coach Robert Neyland Neyland Stadium. Neyland coached the team from 1926-1952 and led the Volunteers to the national peak. The playing field is still called Shields Watkins Field. In the last enlargement in 2000, the record capacity of 104 079 was reached. Since then adds 2006 to the East Stand and West Stand at the 2009 club seats, which reduced the seating capacity to 100 011. 2010, the capacity of the new Tennessee Terrace was again slightly increased to 102 455 currently.
Stadium expansions
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