Kyle Field
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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.[12] 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" | |
 A panorama of the interior of Kyle Field, 2015 | |
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| Location | 756 Houston Street, College Station, Texas 77843, United States |
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| Capacity | 102,733 (2015–present)[1] Former |
| Record attendance | 110,633 (October 11, 2014 vs. Ole Miss)[5] |
| 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[6] (2x) 54 feet wide by 36 feet high[6] |
| 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[7])[8] $483,888,885 (2014–2015 expansion)[9] |
| Architect | F. E. Geisecke (original structure)[10] 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)[11] 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.