Legion Field, Sports stadium in Birmingham, United States
Legion Field is an outdoor American football stadium in Birmingham, Alabama, with an oval bowl of two continuous tiers of light gray seats around a green field ringed by a red track-like border. A darker concourse ring separates the tiers, and a dark rectangular structure interrupts the lower seating at the bottom center. A separate dark, flat-roofed structure with two circular spiral ramps runs parallel to the left of the bowl.
Construction was completed in 1927 following plans by architect David Whilldin, and the venue opened on November 19 of that year. Over the following decades the stadium underwent several renovations and served as a site for major sporting events in the southeastern United States.
The name honours the American Legion, a veterans' organisation, and the stadium is nicknamed "The Old Gray Lady" and "The Gray Lady on Graymont". From 1948 to 1988 it hosted most Iron Bowls between Alabama and Auburn; the game took its name from Birmingham's iron and steel industry. Alabama led the series 32–15 at Legion Field.
The stadium sits near downtown and can be reached through several entry points distributed on different sides of the facility. Large parking areas surround the site, and seating areas for people with limited mobility are available.
Legion Field hosted soccer matches for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics after its turf was replaced with natural Bermuda grass in 1995. The stadium's name comes from the American Legion, and its "Football Capital of the South" sign once stood on the removed east upper deck. The city spends about one million dollars a year on upkeep.
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