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Doak Campbell Stadium and the Heritage Tower fountain at Florida State University

Doak Campbell Stadium is the football stadium on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida. It is the home venue for the university's Seminoles football team. The stadium was named for Doak S. Campbell, a past president of the university. The stadium is part of the University Center complex, a mixed-use facility encompassing office space, classrooms, a food court and souvenir store, and the skyboxes and press box for Doak Campbell Stadium. Following the latest expansion in 2003, the stadium has a seating capacity of 82,300. In 2004, the field was renamed Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.


History

The stadium hosted its first game against the Randolph-Macon College Yellowjackets on October 7, 1950. At that time the facility had a seating capacity of 15,000.


Stadium capacities

Years Capacity
1950-1953 15,000
1954-1960 19,000
1961-1963 25,000
1964-1977 40,500
1978-1979 47,413
1980-1981 51,094
1982-1984 55,246
1985-1991 60,519
1992 70,123
1993 72,589
1995 77,500
1996-2001 80,000
2001-2002 82,000
2003- 82,300

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Florida State Seminoles Official Athletic Site (1029 words)
The newest structural portions of the stadium are a second deck of the Varsity Club in the northwest corner of the stadium and additional Skyboxes leased through Seminole Boosters in the northeast corner of the stadium.
The University Center surrounds Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium and houses numerous offices that were located on the interior of the FSU campus.
In 1954, the stadium grew to a capacity of 19,000.
Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (864 words)
Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium is the football stadium on the campus of the Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida.
The stadium was named for Doak S. Campbell, a past president of the university and the field was named for head football coach Bobby Bowden.
This new addition to the outside of the stadium was unveiled on Friday, October 20, 2006.
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