Finley Stadium
Exterior view of the stadium in 2009 | |
| Full name | Davenport Field at Finley Stadium |
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| Address | 1826 Carter Street Chattanooga, TN United States |
| Owner |
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| Operator | Stadium Corporation |
| Type | Stadium |
| Capacity | 20,412 |
| Surface | AstroTurf Gameday Grass |
| Current use | Football Soccer |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | March 7, 1996 |
| Opened | October 18, 1997 |
| Construction cost | $28.5 million ($55.8 million in 2024 dollars) |
| Architect | Ellerbe Becket Derthick, Henly, & Wilkerson |
| General contractor | C&I Specialty |
| Tenants | |
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| Website | |
| gomocs.com/finley-stadium | |
Finley Stadium is a stadium located in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States. Owned by the City of Chattanooga, it has served as home venue for several teams, including the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga's football team and Chattanooga FC (MLS Next Pro), a professional Division 3 soccer team.
The stadium also hosts various high school sports and musical concerts. Opened in 1997, it has a current capacity of 20,412, and hosted the NCAA Division I National Championship Game from its opening season through 2009, after which the game moved to Pizza Hut Park in the Dallas suburb of Frisco, Texas. The stadium will host the TSSAA Football Championships in 2021 and 2022.
The stadium is named in honor of W. Max Finley, former chairman of the Rock Tenn Corporation, who was an alumnus and active supporter of the University of Tennessee system. The playing field is named in honor of Gordon Lee Davenport, the president and CEO of the Krystal Company from 1975 to 1985 who served as Chairman of the Stadium Corporation and Campaign and worked endlessly and tirelessly in the planning and actual development of the facility. Bronze busts of both Finley and Davenport adorn the main entryway to the stadium.