"Death Valley" | |
![]() Memorial Stadium in 2014 | |
Address | Avenue of Champions |
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Location | Clemson, South Carolina |
Coordinates | 34°40′43″N 82°50′35″W / 34.67861°N 82.84306°W |
Operator | Clemson University |
Capacity | 81,500 (2007–present)
Former capacity List
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Record attendance | 86,092 (Clemson Tigers v Florida State) (1999) |
Surface | Tifway 419 Bermuda Grass |
Construction | |
Broke ground | October 6, 1941[1] |
Opened | September 19, 1942 |
Expanded | 1958, 1960, 1978, 1982, 1983, 2006, 2022 |
Construction cost | $125,000 (original stadium) ($2.8 million in 2023 dollars[2]) |
Architect | Carl Lee and Professor H.E. Glenn |
General contractor | A.N. Cameron and Hugh Webb[3] |
Tenants | |
Clemson Tigers (NCAA) (1942–present) Carolina Panthers (NFL) (1995) | |
Website | |
clemsontigers.com/memorial-stadium |
Frank Howard Field at Clemson Memorial Stadium, known as "Death Valley", is home to the Clemson Tigers, an NCAA Division I FBS football team located in Clemson, South Carolina. Built in 1941–1942, the stadium has seen expansions throughout the years with the most recent being the WestZone with Phase 1 construction beginning in 2004 and completing in 2015 with the addition of the Oculus, the final piece of Phase 3. Phase 1 of the EastZone project began in 2020.
Prior to the completion of Bank of America Stadium, in Charlotte, Memorial Stadium served as the home venue for the National Football League (NFL)'s Carolina Panthers during the team's inaugural 1995 season.
Currently, the stadium is the largest in the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
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