Mountain America Stadium
"House of Heat" | |
Sun Devil Stadium hosting the 2013 Pac-12 Football Championship Game | |
Location in the United States Location in Arizona | |
| Former names | Sun Devil Stadium (1958–2023) |
|---|---|
| Address | 500 East Veterans Way |
| Location | Arizona State University Tempe, Arizona, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 33°25′35″N 111°55′57″W / 33.42639°N 111.93250°W |
| Public transit | Veterans Way/College Ave |
| Owner | Arizona State University |
| Operator | Arizona State University |
| Capacity | 53,599 (2018–present) |
| Surface | Bermuda grass |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | January 1958 |
| Opened | October 4, 1958 |
| Renovated | 2015–2018 |
| Expanded | 1966, 1970, 1976, 1977, 1989 |
| Construction cost | $1 million (original stadium) ($10.9 million in 2024) |
| Architect | Edward L. Varney Associates (original) HNTB/Gould Evans (renovation) |
| General contractor | F. H. Antrim Construction Company (original) Hunt/Sundt JV (renovation) |
| Tenants | |
| Arizona State Sun Devils (NCAA) (1958–present) Fiesta Bowl (NCAA) (1971–2006) Arizona Wranglers (USFL) (1983–1984) Arizona Outlaws (USFL) (1985) Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals (NFL) (1988–2005) Cactus Bowl (NCAA) (2006–2015) Arizona Hotshots (AAF) (2019) | |
| Website | |
| thesundevils.com/sun-devil-stadium | |
Mountain America Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Tempe, Arizona, located on the campus of Arizona State University (ASU). It is the home of the Arizona State Sun Devils football team of the Big 12 Conference. The stadium opened in 1958. The stadium's seating capacity as of 2018 is 53,599, reduced from a peak of 74,865 in 1989.
The stadium is officially named Home of the ASU Sun Devils. It was named Sun Devil Stadium until 2023. The natural grass playing surface within the stadium was named Frank Kush Field in 1996 in honor of the former coach of the team. The stadium underwent a five-year, $304-million renovation that was completed in August 2019.
The stadium has hosted two annual college football bowl games: the Fiesta Bowl from 1971 to 2006, and the Cactus Bowl from 2006 to 2015. The stadium was the home of the Phoenix/Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL) from 1988 through the 2005 season, when the Cardinals moved into their own stadium in Glendale. It was the only major football stadium in the Phoenix metropolitan area until the opening of State Farm Stadium.