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The stadium is also the home of the annual Gator Bowl, a post-season college bowl game. Additionally, the stadium hosted Super Bowl XXXIX in 2005 and is one of the venues used by the United States men's national soccer team. From 1997 to 2006, the stadium was named Alltel Stadium after communications company Alltel purchased naming rights.
The stadium hosted its first regular season MLB games from May 15 through 17, 2007 season when the Texas Rangers played the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in a three-game series. The three games drew a total of 26,917 fans, and attendance went up each game. In April 2008, the Rays moved another series, this time against the Toronto Blue Jays, to Orlando. [9]
The complex includes nine venues and hosts numerous professional and amateur sporting events throughout the year. In reference to the weekly ABC Sports television show, Wide World of Sports ( Disney bought ABC in 1996), the complex was originally known as Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex from 1997 until 2010, when it was rebranded with the ...
EverBank Stadium is the only venue in the NFL with in-stadium pools. Chase Field, home of Major League Baseball's Arizona Diamondbacks, also has a pool. The Miami Marlins had one, but closed it in ...
For nearly 100 years, Florida and Georgia have played their annual rivalry game in Jacksonville, Fla. But because of stadium renovations, the game will be played in Atlanta and Tampa Bay in 2026 ...
The venue is connected to the south end of EverBank Stadium and shares space with a "flex field" indoor practice facility for the Jacksonville Jaguars. It opened in May 2017 and seats 5,500 spectators. Since 2019, the amphitheater has become nationally known as the home venue for the U.S. professional wrestling promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW).
EverBank Stadium runs its games on grass: Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass, to be specific. Sanford Stadium in Athens uses the same grass type. Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville uses also uses Bermuda.
Tiger Stadium: 102,321 [9] Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States: North America: LSU Tigers football: American football: Neyland Stadium: 101,915 [10] Knoxville, Tennessee United States: North America: Tennessee Volunteers football: American football: Darrell K Royal–Texas Memorial Stadium: 100,119 [11] Austin, Texas United States: North ...