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LP Field -
Address: 1 Titans Way
Nashville, Tennessee 37213
Home of:Tennessee Titans (NFL)
Tennessee State Tigers (NCAA)
Date opened: August 27, 1999
Capacity: 68,798
Cost: $ 290 million
The Tennessee Titans play their home games at LP Field, formerly known The Coliseum,
located at One Titans Way, Nashville, TN 37213. The stadium was also
formerly known as Adelphia Coliseum (1999-2002) after Adelphia Communications
purchased the naming rights in 1999 for $30 million but the name
only lasted three years because Adelphia filed for bankruptcy and the name was changed to The Coliseum for 4 years, from 2002 to 2006. The current naming rights deal with Nashville-based was inked on June 6, 2006 that changed the name of the stadium to LP Field. Louisiana-Pacific, which markets itself as "LP Building Products", is paying $30 million over ten years for naming rights. LP's influence inside the stadium led to the creation of the LP Building Zones in 2007, located beneath the giant scoreboards at the North and South ends of the stadium. The existing concession stands and restrooms in these two areas have been decorated to look like suburban homes using LP products.
LP Field is the home of the AFC South’s Tennessee Titans
and Tennessee State University football and also hosts a college
football bowl game each season. The stadium can hold 67,000 people
and has a natural grass playing surface. LP Field is owned
by the city of Nashville and cost $290 million to construct. More
than half of the money was funded by the city of Nashville through
excess hotel/motel taxes and surplus funds. The state provided
almost an additional $70 million, $55 million in bonds repaid through
sales taxes, $12 million for infrastructure and $2 million in the
form of land donations. The team offers fans the option of purchasing
luxury suites and club level seats as well. There are 156 suites
available that can be leased out for the entire year and club level
season tickets, located in the second of three tiers, start at
$995 for the entire season at LP Field.
The team played for more than 30 years in the Astrodome in Houston
before moving to the Music City. The Astrodome was the first stadium
to incorporate the Astroturf field for both the Oilers and the
Houston Astros of Major League Baseball, and was a state-of-the-art
complex in its first years, but in the 1990s, the team was interested
in a new football only stadium. The city repeatedly told the team
no, and so the Oilers packed up, moved to Tennessee and became
the Titans. The city was grateful to have the team but didn’t
have an NFL-style stadium ready, so the team played their games
at the Liberty Bowl and Vanderbilt Stadium in 1997 and 1998. The
Coliseum features all the amenities of other stadiums including
large scoreboards behind each end zone, concession and merchandise
stands throughout the stadium, and excellent views of the Nashville
skyline and the Cumberland River.
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