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the Swamp On football Saturdays, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium
at Florida Field is the place to be. Also known as "the Swamp"
where "only Gators come out alive," the stadium is home to the SEC
powerhouse University of Florida Gator Football Team. It also is
the site for high school state championship games each December.
the original football stadium, the lower half of
the current stadium, was constructed in 1930. the completion of
the South End Zone project in August of 1982 raised the seating
capacity to over 72,000. the addition of the North End Zone in
1991 brought the capacity over 84,000 seats.
In August of 2003, the fifth renovation in the
history of the stadium was completed and increased capacity to
88,548. the entire project cost $50 million and was built with no
state money. the project made Florida Field the largest stadium in
the state of Florida and one of the largest and loudest anywhere
in the country. Get
Florida Gator Football
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