FirstBank Stadium
Aerial view in 2026 | |
Nashville Location in the United States Nashville Location in Tennessee | |
Interactive map of FirstBank Stadium | |
| Former names | Dudley Field (1922–1981) Vanderbilt Stadium (1981–2022) |
|---|---|
| Address | 2601 Jess Neely Drive |
| Location | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 36°8′39″N 86°48′32″W / 36.14417°N 86.80889°W |
| Elevation | 520 feet (160 m) AMSL |
| Owner | Vanderbilt University |
| Operator | Vanderbilt University |
| Capacity | 35,000 |
| Surface | Grass (1922–1969, 1999–2011) AstroTurf (1970–1998) Artificial (Shaw Sports Legion 46; 2012–present) |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1922 |
| Opened | October 14, 1922 (rebuilt 1981) |
| Construction cost | $1.5 million ($28.9 million in 2025 dollars) $10.1 million (1981 reconstruction) ($35.8 million in 2025 dollars) |
| Architect | Walk Jones and Francis Man, Inc. Michael Baker, Jr. Corp. |
| General contractor | Foster & Creighton |
| Tenants | |
| Vanderbilt Commodores (NCAA) (1922–present) NCAA Division I Football Championship (NCAA) (2026–present) Tennessee Oilers (NFL) (1998) Music City Bowl (NCAA) (1998) Nashville FC (NPSL) (2014–2016) Tennessee State Tigers (NCAA) (1971, 1973–1994, 1996) | |
| Website | |
| vucommodores.com/firstbank-stadium | |
FirstBank Stadium (formerly Dudley Field and Vanderbilt Stadium) is a college football stadium on the campus of Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. Opened 104 years ago in 1922 as the first stadium in the South to be used exclusively for college football, it is the home of the Vanderbilt Commodores football team. When the venue was known as Vanderbilt Stadium, it hosted the Tennessee Oilers (now Titans) during the 1998 NFL season and the first Music City Bowl in 1998 and also hosted the Tennessee state high school football championships for many years.
FirstBank Stadium is the smallest stadium in the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was the largest in Nashville until the completion of the Titans' Nissan Stadium in 1999. After the 2022–2025 renovation, its seating capacity was reduced to 35,000, down from the previous 40,350.