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![]() The stadium during a game in 2011 | |
Address | 1815 Stadium Road Albemarle County, VA United States |
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Coordinates | 38°1′52″N 78°30′49″W / 38.03111°N 78.51361°W |
Operator | University of Virginia |
Type | Stadium |
Capacity | 61,500 (2000–present)
Former capacity: List
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Record attendance | 64,947 (August 30, 2008) |
Surface | Grass (1931–1973, 1995–Present) Astroturf (1974–1994) |
Current use | Football |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1930 |
Opened | October 15, 1931 |
Expanded | 1974, 1980, 1999–2000 |
Construction cost | $300,000[1] ($6.01 million in 2023 dollars[2]) $25 Million (2000 expansion) |
Architect | Edmund S. Campbell[3] Heery International, Inc. (expansion) |
General contractor | Conquest, Moncure & Dunn Inc.[4] |
Tenants | |
Virginia Cavaliers (NCAA) (1931–present) | |
Website | |
virginiasports.com/scott-stadium |
Scott Stadium, in full The Carl Smith Center, home of David A. Harrison III Field at Scott Stadium, is a stadium located in Charlottesville, Virginia.[5] It is the home of the Virginia Cavaliers football team. It sits on the University of Virginia's Grounds, east of Hereford College and first-year dorms on Alderman Road but west of Brown College and the Lawn. Constructed in 1931, it is the oldest active FBS football stadium in Virginia.
It also hosts other events, such as concerts for bands that can fill an entire stadium, such as the Dave Matthews Band in 2001, the Rolling Stones in 2005, and U2 in 2009. The Virginia High School League held its Group AAA Division 5 and 6 football state championship games at the stadium until 2015. The facility has also hosted the Division I NCAA Men's Lacrosse Championship in 1977 and 1982 and the ACC Women's Lacrosse Tournament in 2008.