FIU Stadium

at , Miami , 33165 United States

1. Sports Venue & Stadium

Alfonso Field at FIU Stadium is a college football stadium on the campus of Florida International University in Miami, Florida and the home stadium of the FIU Panthers football team. The stadium opened in 1995, replacing nearby Tamiami Field, which was used as a recreational field by the university and local high school football teams. When FIU began its football program in 2002, FIU Stadium became the home venue for the team.The stadium was renovated in 2007. After completion of a lower level bowl in 2012, the stadium has seating capacity of 20,000. The most well-attended event at the stadium was a football game on October 1, 2011 versus the Duke Blue Devils, with an attendance of 22,682.<ref name="Box Score 10/1/2011"></ref> FIU Stadium is the southernmost NCAA Division I football stadium in the Continental United States.HistoryFIU Community StadiumFIU Community Stadium was the first dedicated sports facility at the school, replacing Tamiami Field. Construction officially began on July 24, 1994 and the facility opened on September 24, 1995, as a 7,500-seat football and track stadium. It was built as a joint venture between FIU, Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami-Dade Parks, and the Miami-Dade County Youth Fair. In anticipation of the inaugural FIU Golden Panthers football season in fall 2002, the university placed movable bleachers around the stadium's all-weather running track in 2001, which increased the stadium's capacity to 17,000 seats.

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FIU Stadium is Miami based place and this enity listed in Sports Venue & Stadium category. 33165.