Gator Bowl Stadium

Gator Bowl
	The Gator Bowl in 1961
Former names	Fairfield Stadium (1927–1948)
Coordinates	30°19′26″N 81°38′15″W / 30.32389°N 81.63750°W / 30.32389; -81.63750Coordinates: 30°19′26″N 81°38′15″W / 30.32389°N 81.63750°W / 30.32389; -81.63750
Owner	City of Jacksonville
Operator	City of Jacksonville
Capacity	7,600 (1927–1947); 16,000 (1948); 36,058 (1949–1956); 62,000 (1957–1973); 72,000 (1974–1983); 80,126 (1984–1994)
Surface	Natural grass
Construction
Broke ground	1927
Opened	1928
Closed	1994
Demolished	1994
Tenants
	Florida–Georgia football game (1933–1993); Gator Bowl (NCAA) (1946–1993); Senior Bowl (NCAA) (1950); Jacksonville Sharks (WFL) (1974); Jacksonville Express (WFL) (1975); Jacksonville Tea Men (NASL/ASL/USL) (1981–1984); Jacksonville Bulls (USFL) (1984–1985);

The Gator Bowl was an American football stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Originally built in 1927, all but a small portion was razed in 1994 in preparation for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars' inaugural season; the reconstructed stadium became Jacksonville Municipal Stadium, now TIAA Bank Field. The old stadium and its replacement have hosted the Gator Bowl, a post-season college football bowl game, since its inception in 1946. It also hosted the Florida–Georgia game, an annual college football rivalry game between the University of Florida and the University of Georgia, and was home to several professional sports teams, including the Jacksonville Sharks and Jacksonville Express of the World Football League (WFL), the Jacksonville Tea Men soccer team, and the Jacksonville Bulls of the United States Football League.

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