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Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (in full Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium), [5] popularly known as "The Swamp", is a football stadium in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It is located on the campus of the University of Florida and is the home field of the Florida Gators football team.
Condron Family Ballpark at Alfred A. McKethan Field is the college baseball stadium of the University of Florida, and serves as the home field for the Florida Gators baseball team. Condron Ballpark is located on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus, adjacent to the university's softball stadium, Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium , and its ...
Florida Gators softball (1997-present) The Katie Seashole Pressly Softball Stadium is the home field of the Florida Gators softball team of the University of Florida . The stadium is located at the corner of Hull Road and Museum Road, on the university's Gainesville, Florida campus.
The James G. Pressly Stadium at Percy Beard Track is a 4,500-seat dual-purpose stadium located on the University of Florida campus in Gainesville, Florida. The stadium is home to the Florida Gators women's soccer team and the men's and women's Florida Gators track and field teams. The facility was renamed in honor of university alumnus James G ...
The playing field was named for Carl E. "Tootie" Perry, a former Florida Gators football player who was the Gators' first All-Southern selection in 1920 and 1921 and team captain in 1921. Perry's family formerly owned the land on which the baseball stadium was built, and donated the land to the university.
All Florida Gators sports teams have on-campus facilities, and most are located on or near Stadium Road on the north side of campus, including Steve Spurrier-Florida Field at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium for football; [10] the Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center for basketball, [11] [12] gymnastics, [13] swimming and diving, [14 ...
With an initial capacity of 22,000, Florida Field was completed adjacent to Fleming Field in the fall of 1930 and has been the home stadium for Florida football ever since. A year later, a larger running track was constructed just beyond Florida Field's open south endzone, and the track team relocated to the new facility.
At the opening of the stadium, Florida Governor John W. Martin called the stadium "the best place in Florida to watch a football game!" On January 1, 1946, the stadium received national attention when it hosted the first Gator Bowl game. The stadium was expanded to 16,000 seats in 1948, and the structure was renamed the Gator Bowl. [1]