Kyle Field
Football stadium on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kyle Field is the American football stadium located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, United States. It has been the home to the Texas A&M Aggies football team in rudimentary form since 1904, and as a permanent concrete stadium since 1927.[13] The seating capacity of 102,733 in 2021 makes it the largest in the Southeastern Conference and the fourth-largest stadium in the NCAA, the fourth-largest stadium in the United States, and the sixth-largest non-racing stadium in the world and the largest in Texas.
"Home of the 12th Man" | |
Location | 756 Houston Street, College Station, Texas 77843, United States |
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Capacity | 102,733 (2015–present)[1] Former |
Record attendance | Football: 110,633 (October 11, 2014, vs. Ole Miss)[5] Concert: 110,905 (George Strait, June 15, 2024)[6] |
Surface | Latitude 36 Bermudagrass (2017–present) Tifway 419 Bermudagrass (1996–2017) AstroTurf (1970–1995) Grass (1927–1969) |
Scoreboard | (1x) 163 feet wide by 47 feet high[7] (2x) 54 feet wide by 36 feet high[7] |
Construction | |
Broke ground | May 1927 (established and created in 1904) |
Opened | September 24, 1927 |
Renovated | 1953, 1967, 2003, 2014–2015 |
Expanded | 1953, 1967, 1980, 2000, 2014–2015 |
Construction cost | $650 (original grandstand cost, $23,806 in 2023 dollars[8])[9] $483,888,885 (2014–2015 expansion)[10] |
Architect | F. E. Geisecke (original structure)[11] Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Inc. (North End zone addition, 1978 Expansion, 1966 Expansion) Populous (2014–2015 Redevelopment) |
General contractor | J. E. Johnson Construction Co. (original construction)[12] Manhattan-Vaughn (2014–2015 Redevelopment) |
Tenants | |
Texas A&M Aggies football (NCAA) (1927–present) |
Kyle Field's largest game attendance was 110,633 people when Texas A&M lost to the Ole Miss Rebels by the score of 35–20 on October 11, 2014.[5] This was the largest football game attendance in the state of Texas and SEC history at the time. The record for a game involving an SEC team was surpassed by the Battle at Bristol.
Kyle Field played host to the largest ticketed concert in United States history in June 2024, when George Strait played before a crowd exceeding 110,000.[14]