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EverBank Stadium opened on the 18th of August, 1995, with an exhibition game against the St. Louis Rams. Total construction cost was $134 million, with $60 million contributed by the city of Jacksonville. Construction began on the 3rd of January, 1994, and was completed in under 20 months.
Each name change at EverBank Stadium reflects a naming rights deal or a corporate acquisition. The facility opened as Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, became Alltel Stadium in 1997, was renamed EverBank Field in 2010, changed to TIAA Bank Field in February 2018 after EverBank was acquired by the Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, and returned to EverBank Stadium in June 2023.
Paul McCartney performed at halftime of Super Bowl XXXIX on the 6th of February, 2005. He played "Drive My Car", "Get Back", and "Hey Jude" before closing with a firework-filled rendition of "Live and Let Die".
The all-time attendance record at EverBank Stadium is 85,413, set on the 29th of September, 2007. The crowd gathered to watch Florida State defeat Alabama in a game billed locally as the River City Showdown, with each school receiving nearly 36,000 tickets and the Gator Bowl Association adding 5,800 temporary seats.
The Stadium of the Future is a $1.4 billion renovation of EverBank Stadium approved unanimously by NFL owners in October 2024. Construction began in February 2025 and is projected to be complete before the 2028 NFL season. The redesign includes a 360-degree concourse, an energy-efficient facade, and a large shade canopy, with regular capacity set at 62,000 seats and expandable to 71,500 for college football.
EverBank Stadium was built primarily to retain the annual Florida-Georgia football rivalry game after a competing venue offered both universities more money to host it. Jacksonville's mayor, Ed Austin, proposed a $49 million renovation of the old Gator Bowl and traveled to Athens, Georgia, to lobby Georgia's athletic director Vince Dooley in person. The negotiations, which began in January 1993, set off a chain of bond votes and expanding budgets that eventually produced the modern stadium.