Alltel Stadium

Alltel Stadium Address: One ALLTEL Stadium Place Jacksonville, FL 32202

Alltel Stadium is Home to the: Jacksonville Jaguars

Alltel Stadium Opened: August 18, 1995

Alltel Stadium Capacity: 73,000

The Jacksonville Jaguars call Alltel Stadium their home during the eight games they play there. In 1990 the National Football League announced that it would expand the league to 30 teams. The city of Jacksonville had set aside $60 million to renovate the Gator Bowl in hopes that they could lure one of the NFL’s expansion franchises. In November of 1993 the city was awarded a franchise and opted to almost completely tear down the Gator Bowl and rebuild it from the ground up. The stadium took a little under 20 months to build and was ready for the Jaguars first game. It was the first time in NFL history that an expansion team played their first game in a new stadium.

Alltel Stadium also hosts a number of different events like the Toyota Gator Bowl. The Gator Bowl is a postseason NCAA Football game that pits the number two team in the ACC against the number two team in the Big East or Notre Dame. The stadium is also the site where many big time artists will put on concerts.

This year Alltel Stadium will host the NFL Super Bowl, which is the most watched event in the world every year. The game will match up the best team from the NFC against the best team in the AFC to play for the Lombardi Trophy.