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An expansion to the south end zone, completed during the Summer of 2010, increased its capacity to over 101,000 to make it the 9th largest stadium in the world by seating. [2] All-time, Alabama has a record of 245 wins, 51 losses and 3 ties at Bryant–Denny in addition to selling out every home game since the 1988 season. [1]
In recent years, Bryant–Denny Stadium has become a feared place to play again. Also Bryant–Denny has been put on many lists ranking it one of the best places to watch football. NCAA Football 11 ranked Alabama's Bryant–Denny as the fourth toughest place to play in the nation and third in the SEC behind Florida and LSU.
Stadiums are ordered by seating capacity. This is intended to represent the permanent fixed seating capacity, when the stadium is configured for football. Some stadiums can accommodate larger crowds when configured for other sports, or by using temporary seating or allowing standing-room only attendance.
Alabama opted not to send its band to last year's game in Austin after Texas tried to seat them in the upper deck of the stadium. Alabama to seat Texas band, fans in upper deck of Bryant-Denny ...
The first game at Bryant-Denny Stadium this year will be under the lights against Middle Tennessee at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 2. The game will be broadcast on SEC Network.
They are ranked by capacity, which is the maximum number of spectators the stadium can normally accommodate. All U.S. stadiums with a current capacity of 10,000 or more are included in the list. The majority of these stadiums are used for American football, either in college football or the National Football League (NFL).
At present, its former location is the site of portions of the new sorority row along Judy Bonner Drive and a parking lot. [2] [3] The venue opened in 1915, and was originally named University Field. [2] It was rededicated as Denny Field on October 9, 1920, prior to the third game of the 1920 season against Birmingham–Southern. [4]
In 1998, Alabama double-decked the east stands at Bryant-Denny, bringing its capacity to a few hundred more seats than that of Legion Field. Due to the disrepair of Legion Field and the added capacity in Tuscaloosa, Alabama moved major conference games on campus. In the ensuing years, Alabama decreased the number of games scheduled in Birmingham.