Sun Devil Stadium

Sun Devil Stadium is located on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe. It is home to the Arizona State Sun Devils college football team and the NFL's Arizona Cardinals.

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Arizona State University - Tempe - Arizona State Sun Devils - College football - NFL - Arizona Cardinals

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Built in 1958, the stadium now seats 73,379. The original seating capacity was 30,000 in 1958. The first addition in 1976 raised capacity to 57,722. Seating was added to the south end of the stadium, along with press and sky boxes. A year later, in 1977, the upper tier was completed to bring seating to 70,491. In 1988, 1,700 more seats were added to bring the facility to the current capacity. During that time the Carson Student Athlete Center was added to the south end. The building is the home of the ASU Athletic Department.

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1958 - Stadium - 1976 - 1977 - 1988

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The first game to be played at the stadium was on October 4, 1958. Arizona State defeated West Texas State 16-13. Sun Devil Stadium hosts college football's Fiesta Bowl every year around New Year's Day, and it was the site of Super Bowl XXX in 1996.

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October 4 - Fiesta Bowl - New Year's Day - Super Bowl XXX

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This college football facility became an NFL stadium in 1988, when the St. Louis Cardinals moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Cardinals (renamed Arizona Cardinals in 1994).

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1988 - St. Louis - Arizona - 1994

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In 2006, the Cardinals will move from Sun Devil Stadium to Cardinals Stadium in another Phoenix suburb, Glendale. The new stadium will also host the Fiesta Bowl, plus the Super Bowl in 2008. Arizona State will continue to use Sun Devil Stadium, which will now host the Insight Bowl.

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2006 - Cardinals Stadium - Glendale - Fiesta Bowl - Super Bowl - Insight Bowl

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