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NCAA bowl game venues
- Allegiant StadiumRaiders owner Mark Davis retained the architecture firm MANICA to design a ten-level domed stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The structure features an ETFE roof…
- Levi's StadiumIn 1997, San Francisco voters approved $100 million in city spending to build a new stadium and an attached shopping mall at Candlestick Point.
- SoFi StadiumThe Hollywood Park Racetrack operated as a thoroughbred race course from 1938 until it shut down for racing and training in December 2013.
- NRG StadiumThe Houston NFL Holdings group approached HOK Sport in 1997 to begin the schematic design for a stadium that would replace the Astrodome.
- Hard Rock StadiumIn 1976, the city of Miami demanded a fourfold increase in rent for the Dolphins' existing home at the Orange Bowl. Team founder Joe Robbie decided to build…
- Caesars SuperdomePlans to build the Superdome were drawn up in 1967 by the New Orleans modernist architectural firm of Curtis and Davis. Local businessman David Dixon…
- Ford FieldOn the 20th of August 1996, the Detroit Lions announced their intention to build a new stadium in Downtown Detroit. Voters approved a referendum for the…
- Raymond James StadiumIn 1995, new owner Malcolm Glazer purchased the Tampa Bay Buccaneers for a record $192 million. He immediately declared the existing twenty-eight-year-old…
- Gator Bowl StadiumFairfield Stadium opened its doors in 1927 with a seating capacity of 7,600. This structure served as the home field for three new high schools: Lee…
- AT&T StadiumIn 1994, Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones proposed expanding the existing Texas Stadium by up to 40,000 seats. He envisioned a year-round venue featuring…
- Mercedes-Benz StadiumThe stadium's signature feature is its retractable roof, which features a pinwheel consisting of eight translucent triangular panels.
- State Farm StadiumThe stadium opened on the 1st of August 2006. It was designed by Eisenman Architects and HOK Sport. A team led by Walter P Moore engineered the roof system.
- EverBank StadiumConstruction began on the 3rd of January 1994 for a new stadium in downtown Jacksonville. The project replaced the aging Gator Bowl Stadium which had stood…
- Nissan Stadium (Nashville)On the 7th of May 1996, voters in Metropolitan Nashville/Davidson County approved a partial funding plan for a new stadium.
- Bank of America StadiumThe ground beneath Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, once held the Good Samaritan Hospital. This location was chosen for the stadium…