William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
Football stadium at East Tennessee State University / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William B. Greene Jr. Stadium[3] is a football stadium on the campus of East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tennessee. The stadium is named after businessman and longtime ETSU supporter William B. Greene Jr. Located on the southwestern corner of campus at the foot of Buffalo Mountain, the new stadium is expected to have a seated capacity of over 7,000, plus standing room for an additional 3,000, and cost roughly $26.615 million. The stadium is home to the newly resumed East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team, which played their 2015 and 2016 seasons at Kermit Tipton Stadium on the campus of Science Hill High School.
Location | 1300 Jack Vest Drive Johnson City, Tennessee |
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Coordinates | 36.299°N 82.374°W / 36.299; -82.374 |
Owner | East Tennessee State University |
Operator | East Tennessee State University |
Capacity | 7,694 |
Record attendance | 10,594 [citation needed] |
Surface | Artificial turf |
Construction | |
Broke ground | November 16, 2015[1] |
Opened | September 2, 2017 |
Construction cost | US$26.615 million |
Architect | McCarty Holsaple McCarty, Inc.[2] John Fisher Architect[2] |
Structural engineer | John L. Jacobs & Associates[2] |
Services engineer | Facilities Systems Consultants, LLC[2] |
General contractor | BurWil Construction Co.[2] |
Tenants | |
ETSU Buccaneers football |