Doak Campbell Stadium

Doak Campbell Stadium
"The House That Bobby Built"
Stadium entrance
Doak Campbell Stadium is located in Florida
Doak Campbell Stadium
Doak Campbell Stadium
Location in Florida
Doak Campbell Stadium is located in the United States
Doak Campbell Stadium
Doak Campbell Stadium
Location in the United States
Location403 Stadium Drive West, Tallahassee, Florida 32306, United States
Coordinates30°26′17″N 84°18′16″W / 30.43806°N 84.30444°W / 30.43806; -84.30444
OperatorFlorida State Athletics
Capacity50,000 (2024)[1]

Former capacity

List
    • 15,000 (1950–1953)
    • 19,000 (1954–1960)
    • 25,000 (1961–1963)
    • 40,500 (1964–1977)
    • 47,413 (1978–1979)
    • 51,094 (1980–1981)
    • 55,246 (1982–1984)
    • 60,519 (1985–1991)
    • 70,123 (1992)
    • 72,589 (1993)
    • 75,000 (1994)
    • 77,500 (1995)
    • 80,000 (1996–2000)
    • 82,000 (2001–2002)
    • 82,300 (2003–2015)
    • 79,560 (2016–2023)
Record attendance84,431 (October 18, 2014)
Surface419 Tifway Bermuda Grass[2]
Construction
Broke groundJune 1950
OpenedOctober 7, 1950
Expanded1954, 1961, 1964, 1977, 1980, 1982, 1985, 1992–1996, 2001, 2003, 2016
Construction cost$250,000 (in 1950)
($3.17 million in 2023 dollars[3])
ArchitectBall-Horton & Associates[4]

Barnett Fronczak Architects
The Architects Collaborative (Renovations)
General contractorJack Culpepper Construction Co.[5]
Tenants
Florida State Seminoles football (NCAA FBS) (1950-present)
Florida A&M Rattlers football (NCAA FCS) (1974-80)
Website
seminoles.com/doakcampbellstadium

Doak S. Campbell Stadium (in full Bobby Bowden Field at Doak S. Campbell Stadium), popularly known as "Doak", is a football stadium on the campus of Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is the home field of the Florida State Seminoles football team of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).

Opened in 1950, it was originally named Doak Campbell Stadium in honor of Doak S. Campbell, the university's first president. On November 20, 2004, the Florida Legislature added longtime head football coach Bobby Bowden to the stadium name to become Bobby Bowden Field at Doak Campbell Stadium.[6] A petition in June 2020 sought to remove Campbell's name, as he resisted racial integration while president of Florida State University.[7][8] FSU President John E. Thrasher asked Athletics Director David Coburn "to immediately review this issue and make recommendations to me."[9] As of June 2022, no recommendations have been made.

The stadium is part of the University Center complex, a mixed-use facility encompassing university office space, university classrooms, the university's Visitor Center, souvenir store, The University Center Club, now known as the Dunlap Champions Club, and skyboxes and press boxes for use during football games.

With a capacity of 79,560, it is the 49th-largest stadium in the world, the second-largest stadium in the Atlantic Coast Conference, and the 15th largest stadium in the NCAA.[10]

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  4. ^ "Speed in Fifty-Year Plan Seen in Building Progress". Florida Flambeau. June 2, 1951. Retrieved September 3, 2012.
  5. ^ Sessions, Montrell (October 6, 1950). "3-Year Old FSU Dream Realized With Stadium". Florida Flambeau. p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2018.
  6. ^ "FSU To Dedicate Window, Field In Honor Of Legendary Coach Bowden" (Press release). Atlantic Coast Conference. November 17, 2004. Archived from the original on April 4, 2012. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  7. ^ "FSU to review changing football stadium's name". ESPN.com. 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  8. ^ "FSU Head is in Quandary Over How to Ban Student Support of Integration | fsu.digital.flvc.org". fsu.digital.flvc.org. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
  9. ^ "As Doak Campbell Stadium name comes under fire, FSU president says university will study issue". USA Today. June 22, 2020. Archived from the original on 2020-06-24. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
  10. ^ Dowell, Stephen M. (September 12, 2011). "FSU Football: Behind the Scenes at Doak Campbell Stadium". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved September 12, 2018.