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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 played baseball for the Gators in the 1970s as a walk-on and has donated at least $30 million for the construction of the Hawkins Academic Center, the renovation of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center, and the construction of the stadium itself. Florida Ballpark was rechristened "Condron Family Ballpark" on April 22, 2022, immediately ...
The new arena had an immediate positive effect on Florida's men's basketball program, and its first recruit was former coach Norm Sloan. Sloan had been Florida's coach in the 1960s but had left for North Carolina State, winning a national championship with the Wolfpack in 1974. He returned to Florida in 1980 and was thus the Gators' coach ...
The Gators announced plans Monday to hire an architect for the design of its revamped Florida Field, the first public step in a process that’s been ruminating for years.
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The latest rendition of the Florida-Georgia football rivalry returns at 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday. But it won't take place in Sanford Stadium or in The Swamp. Outside of a few seasons, the rivalry ...
5 Florida Gators: 26: Gainesville, Florida North End Zone Outside of Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: Rivalry: Florida Gators September 13, 2008 5 Ohio State Buckeyes 3 1 USC Trojans: 35: Los Angeles, California: Outside Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: USC Trojans September 20, 2008 6 LSU Tigers: 26: 9 Auburn Tigers 21 Auburn, Alabama: Campus Green [49 ...
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.