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TIMELINE
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1929
capacity: 12,000
Stadium hosts first game;
within 10 years 12,000 more seats are added

1946
capacity: 31,000
Bleachers are
added in
both endzones

1961
capacity: 43,000
Additional 12,000 seats,
Pressbox and elevator

1966
capacity: 60,000
Seating expansion

1988
capacity: 70,123
West side upper deck added

1998
capacity: 83,818
East side upper deck added
Two rows of skyboxes

2006
capacity: approx
92,138
North end zone addition
Club level, skyboxes, upper deck seating, courtyard
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THE HISTORY
Bryant-Denny Stadium has been the home
of Alabama football since 1929 and was first known as the George
Hutchenson Denny Stadium. The state legislature renamed
the stadium "Bryant-Denny Stadium" in 1975. Denny Stadium
opened on September 28, 1929 and was officially dedicated the
following week at Homecoming ceremonies. In 1937 the first
expansion of the stadium took place as 6,000 seats were added
on the east side and brought capacity to 18,000. In 1950,
capacity grew to 25,000. In 1961, the grandstands reached
61 rows and capacity was 43,000. The capacity grew to 60,000
in 1966 and then to 70,123 in 1988.
The next expansion, completed in August
of 1998, moved capacity to 83,818 by adding the east side upper
deck. The new deck provided 10,000 additional bleacher
seats and 81 skyboxes on two levels. The skyboxes were
built in two sizes: 24-seat capacity (18) and 16-seat capacity
(63). In 1999, four additional skyboxes were built to bring
total skybox capacity to 85. A scoreboard with video display
capabilities was erected in the south endzone, as well as new
light towers for the east side of the stadium. A new new
east side entrance tower a brick facade and reception areas for
the Scholarship and A-Club level patrons was also added during
the 1998 expansion.
With the most recent $47 million renovation project, Bryant-Denny
Stadium has undergone yet another expansion, this time increasing
capacity to 92,138 making it the seventh-largest on-campus
football stadium in the nation.
The expansion project, which began immediately following
the 2004 football season, also added three levels of premium
seating , a pair of large video scoreboards in the north
end zone and state-of-the-art wrap-around display boards
situated on the facades of the east and west upper decks.
Prior to Bryant-Denny Stadium
being built, the Tide played on the Quad (1893-1914), Denny Field
(1915-1917 and 1919-1928). Those years represent a total
of 53 games for which Bama posted a 44-9 record. There
were two different sites used on the Quad, the first located
on the southeast corner, with the field running parallel to 6th
Avenue. Around the turn of the century, the field was moved
90-degrees to the west to run parallel to University Boulevard.
In 1915, games were played on
University Field, renamed Denny Field in 1920, where the Tide
played for the next 14 years. Alabama posted a 43-2 record
on that field and held opponents scoreless in 35 of those games. Denny
Field was two blocks east of the current stadium, behind Little
Hall. Mallet Hall and Parker-Adams Hall now stand on the
north endzone of Denny Field. A parking lot covers the
rest of what remains of Denny Field.
Bryant-Denny has long been a stadium feared
by opponents. The Crimson Tide owns an impressive 210-43-3
all-time record at the stadium, and has boasted sellouts at all Tuscaloosa
games since 1988. Bryant-Denny is the fifth-largest stadium
in the Southeastern Conference.
THE FACTS
- Total seating capacity: 92,138
- All-time attendance record: 92,138
(vs. Auburn, November 18, 2006)
- All-time win-loss record: 210-43-3
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- Number of skyboxes: 85 (18 with 24-seat
capacity, 63 with 16-seat capacity)
- Consecutive sellouts: All Tuscaloosa
home games (since 1988)
- Special features: Three Video scoreboards(Two
in north endzone, one in south endzone), state-of-the-art ribbon
wrap-around display boards on the facades of the east
and west upper decks
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