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Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium received its current name at halftime of the Homecoming game on November 5, 1988, when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave US$5 million towards an $8 million renovation project. Prior to the building of the stadium, the team had played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco/Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue.

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  • Floyd Casey Stadium
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  • Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium received its current name at halftime of the Homecoming game on November 5, 1988, when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave US$5 million towards an $8 million renovation project. Prior to the building of the stadium, the team had played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco/Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue.
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Former names
  • Baylor Stadium
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Caption
  • --11-05
broke ground
  • 1949-05-28(xsd:date)
construction cost
  • 1500000.0
stadium name
  • Floyd Casey Stadium
Operator
general contractor
  • Swigert Construction Company
Surface
  • Astroturf 1972 to 1997
  • Grass 1950 to 1971 and 1998 to 2003
  • Prestige System SportGrass 2004 to present
renovated
  • 1989(xsd:integer)
seating capacity
  • 50000(xsd:integer)
Architect
  • Willard Simpson
Opened
  • 1950-09-30(xsd:date)
Owner
tenants
  • Baylor Bears
Location
  • 3088(xsd:integer)
  • Waco, TX 76711
abstract
  • Originally known as Baylor Stadium, the stadium received its current name at halftime of the Homecoming game on November 5, 1988, when it was renamed for Floyd Casey by his son, university trustee and longtime booster Carl B. Casey of Dallas, who gave US$5 million towards an $8 million renovation project. The stadium has been renovated several times. In 1998, the stadium installed SportGrass, a leading artificial grass surface. In 2005, the stadium underwent massive renovations to extend the Grant Teaff Plaza as a memorial to former head coach Grant Teaff. The extended plaza created much-needed updates to the stadium's façade. The stadium is an elongated oval shape, running southeast-northwest, with large grandstands on the sidelines. The southeast endzone is cleared, with athletic marks painted on the ground and the large LED scoreboard behind it. (Prior to the creation of the current athletic marks, the area was painted gold, with "BAYLOR" painted in large green block letters.) In 2004, a large tarp was installed that covers the South end zone seating and can be removed when ticket demand necessitates it. With the tarp in place, seating capacity is reduced to 45,000. Since installation of the Tarp, only one game (against Texas A&M in 2006) exceeded this 45,000 attendance level necessitating the removal of the Tarp. The northwest endzone has seating in front of the Carl & Thelma Casey Athletic Center, site of the football offices, training facilities & stadium field house. Prior to the building of the stadium, the team had played at Carroll Field, an on-campus field last used in 1935, and Waco/Municipal Stadium on Dutton Avenue. In the spring of 2012, Baylor regents approved a new on-campus stadium to be built adjacent to Interstate 35 and the Brazos River. Baylor Stadium is expected to replace Floyd Casey in time for the 2014 football season.
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