Floyd Casey Stadium, Football stadium in Waco, United States.
Floyd Casey Stadium was an elongated oval football stadium in Waco, Texas, with large grandstands along the sidelines and an open south end zone backed by a large LED scoreboard. The north end zone held seating in front of the Carl & Thelma Casey Athletic Center, which housed football offices, training facilities and the field house. A tarpaulin added in 2004 covered the south end zone and cut capacity to 47,000.
Originally named Baylor Stadium, it opened in 1950 with a game against the Houston Cougars. In November 1988 Carl B. Casey, a university trustee and longtime booster, renamed it for his father Floyd Casey after contributing US$5 million toward an $8 million renovation. Baylor played its last game there on December 7, 2013, against the Texas Longhorns, and demolition was completed on May 14, 2016.
The stadium carried the name of Floyd Casey after his son Carl B. Casey, a university trustee and longtime booster from Dallas, gave $5 million toward an $8 million renovation in 1988. The field itself was named Grant Teaff Plaza in 2005 for the former head coach.
Floyd Casey Stadium stood about four miles from the Baylor campus, so match-day travel meant a drive rather than a walk. The stadium was demolished in 2016; the site is not a visiting stop today, and the Baylor games moved to McLane Stadium on the Brazos River in 2014.
In its final season, the stadium drew its highest attendance, with particularly large crowds during regional rivalry games. These peak numbers near the end of its history marked a strong finish to its long operation.
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