Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field, also known as The Swamp, is the football stadium for the University of Florida’s football team, nicknamed the Gators. The stadium and the university are located in Gainesville, Florida. Regularly holding just over 90,000 fans per game, it is the 10th largest college football stadium by capacity. Florida Field was completed in 1930. It was built in a shallow ravine, so almost all of the original stands were below ground level. Comprising approximately all of the lower half of today’s east and west stands, the capacity was about 22,000.

Facts About Ben Hill Griffin Stadium

• Fans swing and sway by rows singing "We are the Boys" at the end of the third quarter.



• The most regular special event in The Swamp is Gator Growl, a student-produced show and pep rally always held the Friday night before the annual homecoming football game.



• For many years, the ship's bell of the battleship USS Florida was mounted at the North End Zone wall of the stadium, to be rung by a nearby fan immediately upon the conclusion of a Gator victory. After the North End Zone expansion in 1991, the bell was moved to the North End Zone Concourse for display, but its ringer was removed.



• Gator fans are loyal, having sold out every home contest since 1989, a span of 109 games and the 4th longest such streak in the nation.

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