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The last home game for Alabama at Legion Field was against the University of South Florida on August 30, 2003. Though Alabama had a couple of games scheduled at Legion Field in 2005 and 2008, the stadium's poor state of repair (see above) led Alabama to end its contract with the city of Birmingham in 2004 and move all home games to Tuscaloosa. [15]
Opening for Crimson Tide football on November 26, 1927, Legion Field played host to Alabama through the 2003 season. Legion had an original capacity of 21,000, and was expanded over the years to reach a maximum capacity of 83,091 by the 1990s. [4] The Crimson Tide posted an all-time record at Legion Field of 101 wins, 38 losses and 12 ties. [4]
Well into the 1980s, Legion Field seated almost 20,000 more people than Bryant-Denny. As such, until the late 1990s, Legion Field hosted most of Alabama's important home games. The most notable of these games was the Iron Bowl with rival Auburn. Legion Field was considered a neutral site from 1948 through 1987. When the Iron Bowl became a home ...
Protective Stadium is a football stadium owned and operated by the Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center Authority in downtown Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. [2] [3] Since its opening in 2021, the stadium has been named for Protective Life, a financial service holding company based in Birmingham, which pays $1 million per year as part of a 15-year naming rights deal. [4]
Legion Stadium is a 6,000 seat stadium located in Wilmington, North Carolina. It was the home of the Wilmington Hammerheads of the USL Premier Development League until 2016. [ citation needed ] The stadium is part of the Legion Sports Complex, which also includes a baseball field, tennis courts, and a pool.
American Legion Field is a baseball venue in Florence, South Carolina, United States. The venue was built in 1968 [ 3 ] and has a capacity of 3,500. [ 1 ] The field's dimensions are 305 ft. down the foul lines, 335 ft. to the gaps, and 385 ft. to dead center field .
American Legion Field is a stadium in Danville, Virginia. Located in this Southside Virginia city's Dan Daniel Memorial Park, just north of the Dan River , it is primarily used for baseball and is the home field of Danville Otterbots in the Appalachian League , a summer collegiate baseball league.
Legion Stadium may refer to several venues in the United States: American Legion Memorial Stadium, in Charlotte, North Carolina; American Legion Stadium, in Odessa, Texas; Hollywood Legion Stadium (1921–1959), a defunct California boxing venue; El Monte Legion Stadium, a demolished multi-purpose indoor arena in El Monte, California