Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, popularly known as "The Swamp", is a football stadium on the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville and the home field of the Florida Gators football team. It was originally known as Florida Field when it opened as a 22,000-seat facility in 1930, and it has been expanded and renovated many times over the ensuing decades. Most of the university's athletic administrative offices, along with most football-related offices and training areas, have been located in the stadium since the 1960s. Most of the football program's facilities are slated to move to a nearby $60 million building that began construction in 2020.
Steve Spurrier dubbed Florida Field "The Swamp" in 1992
The Gators practicing under the lights before Florida Field's first night game in 1950
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium's luxury boxes, completed in 2003
Ben Hill Griffin Stadium during Florida's win vs. Utah in September 2022
The University of Florida is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member and flagship of the State University System of Florida. The university traces its origins to 1853 and has operated continuously on its Gainesville campus since September 1906.
The East Florida Seminary, re-established in Gainesville in 1866, was the direct predecessor to the University of Florida.
An early Florida Gators football practice in 1912
The University of Florida campus in 1906, looking southwest
Statue of Albert Murphree, the second president of the university
