The Federal Works Projects Administration, which also arrived in the 1930s, helped build McGhee-Tyson Airport and expand Neyland Stadium.

One of the streets leading to Neyland Stadium has been renamed Peyton Manning Pass.

During the 1995 NFL Preseason, the Houston Oilers faced the Washington Redskins in an exhibition game at Neyland Stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee.

The University of Tennessee retired White's jersey at a halftime presentation on October 1, 2005 during their game against the University of Mississippi, the third such retirement in the modern era of football at the school ; a commemorative sign was also unveiled in the south end of Neyland Stadium.

After his retirement from active broadcasting he moved to Knoxville, Tennessee to an apartment across the Tennessee River from the University of Tennessee campus from which he had a view of Neyland Stadium, the Volunteers ' home field, and wrote an autobiographical memoir entitled Hello Everybody, I'm Lindsey Nelson, his landmark opening phrase.

Although Neyland Stadium in Knoxville was slightly closer to Nashville, it was deemed too big ( at over 102, 000 seats ) for an NFL team.

The university's football teams play at Neyland Stadium, one of the nation's largest stadiums, which is often sold out on game day.

The University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium in Knoxville was three hours east of Nashville, but was deemed too large ( at 102, 000 seats ) for an NFL team.

" The location of the body farm is actually near the school's Medical Center, however the bones are stored in Neyland Stadium.

Neyland Stadium at night

Neyland Stadium is a sports stadium in Knoxville, Tennessee, USA.

Neyland Stadium is the third largest non-racing stadium in the United States, the sixth largest non-racing stadium in the world, and the largest stadium in the Southeastern Conference.

Neyland Stadium ( pronounced NEE-land ) was first conceived in 1919.

An invitational track meet was then held as a celebration and thus became the very first event at Neyland Stadium.

In 1962, the stadium was renamed Neyland Stadium in honor of former athletic director and coach, General Robert Neyland.

The first night game at Neyland Stadium was played on September 16, 1972, with the Vols defeating Penn State, 28 – 21.

In a Spring 2001 poll in The Sporting News, Neyland Stadium was ranked as the nation's number 1 college football stadium.

In 2004, Sports Illustrated ranked Neyland Stadium, the University of Tennessee campus, and the surrounding Knoxville area, as the best college football weekend experience.

On April 8, 2009, it was announced that Neyland Stadium was one of the 70 stadia named for the United States ' bid to either the 2018 or 2022 World Cup.

Attendance has been recorded for Vol football games at Neyland Stadium since 1946.

The Vols have never had more than 4 consecutive losses at Neyland Stadium.

Neyland Stadium has hosted several NFL exhibition games, most recently in 1995, when the Washington Redskins played the Houston Oilers.

Neyland Stadium is occasionally used for concerts, political rallies, and religious gatherings.

Many people relocated from Neyland to Goodwick and Fishguard at that time.

Original broad gauge rails used as safety barriers at Neyland

The largest crowd ever recorded at Neyland was 109, 061 on September 18, 2004, when Tennessee defeated Florida, 30 – 28.

Through the 2010 season, the Tennessee Volunteers football team had compiled a record of 432 wins, 109 losses, and 17 ties at Neyland, for a winning percentage of. 789.

The Jacksons performed three concerts at Neyland Stadium in August 1984, during their Victory Tour.

Phase III of the master plan, completed in 2010 at a cost of $ 83 million, included the construction of the West Club seats, improvements to the sky box and press center, renovations to the west top level concourse, the addition of elevators and stairwells to the west side, the creation of the Gate 21 Plaza and other entry plazas, the construction of the Tennessee Terrace, and the installation of a statue of General Neyland, created by sculptor Blair Buswell, to the west entrance.

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File: Nayland Penfold. jpg | Queen Victoria Coat of Arms details from Penfold at the former Neyland Railway Station, Wales.

With its good-natured regional references to a carefree lifestyle, the singing of " Rocky Top " by Tennessee college students and alumni at sports venues such as Neyland Stadium is well established.

He played college football at the University of Tennessee under legendary head coach Robert Neyland.

Neyland Stadium at the University of Tennessee is not only named for " The General ", but was designed by him.

On November 12, 2010, a 9-foot, nearly 1, 500-pound bronze statue of General Neyland was unveiled between gates 15A and 17 at Neyland Stadium.

While fifty years before, Albert Goodwill Spalding, secretary of the Chicago Ball Club of the National League, could write earnestly to the manager of the Buffalo club and request a guarantee of one hundred dollars for a baseball game in August, in this Golden Era a game at the Yankee Stadium might bring in nearly a hundred thousand dollars at the gate.

Hansen will engage in his first workout at Miami Stadium prior to the opening tomorrow night of a two-game weekend series with the New York Yankees.

SMU will play the Owls at Rice Stadium in Houston in a night game Saturday, Oct. 21.

I remember his beardown performance in a meaningless exhibition game at Bears Stadium Oct. 14, 1951, before a new record crowd for the period of 18,792.

Harvey Haddix, set back by the flu this season, will start against his former Cardinal mates, who might be playing without captain Kenny Boyer in tonight's game at Busch Stadium.

The statistics hardly indicated that the Pirates needed extra batting practice, but Murtaugh also turned his men loose at Busch Stadium yesterday.

Later, a bus will carry members to the Chicago Stadium to see Jack Kramer's professional tennis matches at 8 p.m..

The only current event they're staging is the big show at the Stadium Nov. 25, when Danny will entertain thousands of underprivileged kids.

In recent years Anna Xydis has played with the New York Philharmonic and at Lewisohn Stadium, but her program last night at Town Hall was the Greek-born pianist's first New York recital since 1948.

There were 8,000 persons at the Stadium who can tell their grandchildren that they heard Elman.

Nostalgia week at Lewisohn Stadium, which had begun with the appearance of the 70-year-old Mischa Elman on Tuesday night, continued last night as Lily Pons led the list of celebrities in an evening of French operatic excerpts.

The dance, dancers and dance enthusiasts ( 8,500 of them ) had a much better time of it at Lewisohn Stadium on Saturday night than all had had two nights earlier, when Stadium Concerts presented the first of two dance programs.

The 2009 series began with a tense draw in the First Test at SWALEC Stadium in Cardiff, with final pair James Anderson and Monty Panesar surviving 69 balls.

Doubleday Field at West Point, New York, where the Army Black Knights play at Johnson Stadium, is named in Doubleday's honor.

* 2008 – The 2008 Summer Olympics officially opened with the opening ceremony at National Stadium, Beijing, China.

* 1965 – The Beatles play to nearly 60, 000 fans at Shea Stadium in New York, New York, an event later regarded as the birth of stadium rock.

Before the 1988 NFL season, the team moved to Tempe, Arizona, a college town suburb of Phoenix, and played their home games for the next 18 years at Arizona State University's Sun Devil Stadium.

In, the club began playing all home games at the newly constructed University of Phoenix Stadium in the northwestern suburb of Glendale.

The Falcons then went on to play the New York Giants in a 2011 NFC Wild Card Game at Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

They previously played at De Meer Stadion and the Amsterdam Olympic Stadium ( for international matches ).

An AFL Premiership season match at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast, Queensland | Gold Coast between Adelaide Crows | Adelaide and Melbourne Football Club | Melbourne.