NCAA FCS Football Championship FirstBank Stadium Nashville

FirstBank Stadium is a football stadium located at Jess Neely Drive, Nashville, Tennessee. It serves home to the Vanderbilt University football team. The stadium was open to the public on October 14, 1922, on the site of what was known as Dudley Field. The venue opened at a construction cost of about $1.5 million and was architected by Walk Jones and Francis Man, Inc. Over the winter and spring of 1980–1981, most of the Dudley Field grandstand was demolished. The "new" venue was given a new name as FirstBank Stadium. It is the smallest stadium in the Southeastern Conference and was the largest stadium in Nashville until the completion of the Titans' Nissan Stadium in 1999. It serves home to the Vanderbilt University football team. The venue has a seating capacity of 40,550 people. Seven concession stands, two vending rooms, two first aid stations, one food preparation room, ten restrooms are also incorporated in the stadium.

The first game was played at the FirstBank Stadium on October 14, 1922, against Michigan. Before the 2012 season, new lights were added, new 50-foot by 72-foot HD scoreboard was installed, and the grass field was replaced with Fieldturf. FirstBank Stadium also hosted some non-football events such as Dave Matthews Band concert, The Rolling Stones concert, Billy Graham (The event that brought light to the venue and drew 65,000 people to the old FirstBank Stadium), and Luke Bryan Concert.