Sun Devil Stadium
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Sun Devil Stadium, Frank Kush Field is located on the campus of Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona. It is home to the Arizona State University college football team and was the home of the NFL's Arizona Cardinals from 1988 to 2005.
Built in 1958, the stadium now seats 73,379. The original seating capacity was 30,000 in 1958. The first addition in 1976 raised capacity to 57,722. Seating was added to the south end of the stadium, along with press and sky boxes. A year later, in 1977, the upper tier was completed to bring seating to 70,491. In 1988, 1,700 more seats were added to bring the facility to the current capacity. During that time the Carson Student Athlete Center was added to the south end. The building is the home of the Arizona State University. On September 21, 1996, the playing surface was named in honor of former Arizona State University college football coaching great, Frank Kush, and the name of the stadium was changed from Sun Devil Stadium to Sun Devil Stadium, Frank Kush Field.
The first game to be played at the stadium was on October 4, 1958. Arizona State University defeated West Texas State 16-13. Sun Devil Stadium hosted college football's Fiesta Bowl from 1971 to 2006, and it was the site of Super Bowl XXX in 1996. The largest crowd ever seated at the stadium was 74,963 for an Arizona State University v. University of California college football game won by Arizona State University 35-7, on November 9, 1996.
This college football facility became an NFL stadium in 1988, when the St. Louis Cardinals moved to Arizona and became the Phoenix Cardinals (renamed Arizona Cardinals in 1994).
In 2006, the Cardinals moved from Sun Devil Stadium to Cardinals Stadium in another Phoenix, Arizonasuburb, Glendale, Arizona. The new stadium will also host the Fiesta Bowl, and the separate BCS title game as well as Super Bowl XLII in 2008. Arizona State University will continue to use Sun Devil Stadium, which will now host the Insight Bowl.
