 Finley Stadium, December 2009 | |
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| Location |
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| Owner |
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| Operator | Stadium Corporation |
| Capacity | 20,412 |
| Surface | AstroTurf Gameday Grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 7, 1996[1] |
| Opened | October 18, 1997[1] |
| Construction cost | $28.5 million ($54.1 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
| Architect | Ellerbe Becket Derthick, Henly, & Wilkerson[1] |
| General contractor | C&I Specialty[1] |
| Tenants | |
| Chattanooga Mocs (NCAA) Football (1997–present) Women's soccer (2010–2018) Chattanooga FC (2009–present) Tennessee Crush (former) (NDFL) (2009–?) | |
W. Max Finley Stadium is the home stadium for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga football team and Chattanooga FC (MLS Next Pro), a professional Division 3 soccer team.[3] The stadium also hosts various high school sports and musical concerts. It is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. The stadium, which opened in 1997, has a current capacity of 20,412, and hosted the NCAA Division I National Championship Game from its opening season through 2009, after which the game moved to Pizza Hut Park in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. The stadium will host the TSSAA Football Championships in 2021 and 2022.[4]
The stadium is named in honor of W. Max Finley, former chairman of the Rock Tenn Corporation, who was an alumnus and active supporter of the University of Tennessee system. The playing field is named in honor of Gordon Lee Davenport, the president and CEO of the Krystal Company from 1975 to 1985 who served as Chairman of the Stadium Corporation and Campaign and worked endlessly and tirelessly in the planning and actual development of the facility. Bronze busts of both Finley and Davenport adorn the main entryway to the stadium.
- ^ a b c d "Chattanooga Athletics – Finley Stadium Davenport Field". gomocs.com. Archived from the original on 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ 1634–1699: McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Retrieved February 29, 2024.
- ^ "Chattanooga Football Club". chattanoogafc.com. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
- ^ Maggiore, WTVC, Sabrina (2021-03-16). "TSSAA: Chattanooga chosen to host 2021, 2022 state football championships". WTVC. Retrieved 2021-09-24.
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