TIAA Bank Field

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Updated On :09 Apr, 2021

Full Name
TIAA Bank Field

Capacity
64,428 (expandable up to 82,000)

Type
Outdoor

Location
United States of America

Surface Type
Grass

TIAA Bank Field, formerly known as EverBank Stadium, is located in Jacksonville, United States. The stadium is a well-known Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass ground that predominantly hosts American Football events. This stadium serves as a home to the world-known football club of the National Football League "Jacksonville Jaguars". Apart from conducting football matches between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia, TIAA Bank Field, also serves as a venue for Bowl Games. Opened on 18th August 1995, the stadium has also hosted the Super Bowl XXXIX in the year 2005. Owned by the City of Jacksonville and operated by Spectacor Management Group, TIAA Bank Field Stadium in Jacksonville is designed by famous architecture firm HOK Sport (now known as Populous).

From 1997 to 2006, the stadium was named Alltel Stadium after the communications company Alltel acquired the rights to the name. In 2010, the facility was renamed EverBank Field following the approval of a five-year naming rights agreement with financial services company EverBank. The agreement was extended in 2014 for another 10 years. In February 2018, Jaguars announced that the stadium would be renamed TIAA Bank Field for the 2018 NFL season after EverBank was acquired by New York-based TIAA.

Trivia

The former name of this stadium was "Jacksonville Municipal Stadium" which substituted by "EverBank" in the year 2010.

Significance

The inauguration match in 1995 was an exhibition match, played on 18th August.
The total construction cost to build the EverBank Stadium is over $190 million.
1995 was the year when an NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars played their first game at the facility in EverBank.
The stadium is also known for hosting major concerts. It has hosted events such as “Drive My Car”, “Hey Jude”, “Get Back” and numerous performances of Paul McCartney and Beatles.
The historic matches in EverBank field include the match, held on 29th September, 2007 between Alabama and Florida State where Florida State won infront of 85,413 spectators.
In 2011, the stadium also hosted the Fox Sports 1 Monster Jam in February, and in March; it hosted the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Championship.
The scoreboards in EverBank Stadium were unveiled publicly in 2014 on July 26.
Jacksonville Jaguars, Tax Slayer Bowl, and Jacksonville Armada F.C. are the tenants of the stadium who have been using the field as their home ground since 1995, 1996 and 2015, repectively.