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Bryant–Denny Stadium in 2010. The Alabama Crimson Tide football team represents the University of Alabama and has competed in football since 1892. Although the Alabama campus is physically located in Tuscaloosa, through the history of the program, several stadiums located in Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile have played host to the football team.
However, in 1998, when Bryant–Denny was expanded to a capacity exceeding Legion Field, the more important home games started to move to Bryant–Denny, culminating with the move of the Tennessee series to Tuscaloosa in 1999 and the Iron Bowl a year later. [31] From 1998 to 2003, Alabama continued to play two or three minor games in Birmingham.
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.
In the case of AT&T Stadium, the highest attendance was recorded for a basketball game, which used field-level seating not available for the venue's standard American football configuration. The largest sporting venue in the world, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, has a permanent seating capacity for more than 257,000 people and infield seating ...
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.
10. Bryant-Denny Stadium. Total capacity of the stadium: 100,077. The football stadium of The University of Alabama's Alabama Crimson Tide football team, the Bryant-Denny Stadium was opened 93 ...
University trustees approved a resolution naming the field at Bryant-Denny Stadium after former coach Nick Saban on Friday. Saban, who now works for ESPN and holds an office at the stadium, retired from coaching in January after leading Alabama to six national championships in 17 seasons.
During its tenure as the team's home field, Alabama amassed an overall record of 43 wins to only 2 losses. It was replaced by Denny Stadium, in 1929. The stadium is now known as Bryant–Denny Stadium after the state legislature added longtime head coach and alumnus Paul "Bear" Bryant to the stadium's name in 1975. [5]