Sanford Stadium

Sanford Stadium is part of the University of Georgia and is located at Sanford Drive and Field Street in Athens, Georgia and is approximately an hour and a half's drive from Atlanta. It opened in 1929 and is named after Dr. Steadman Vincent Sandford who became president of the university and was instrumental in getting the stadium built. Now it has a 92,746 seat capacity and is the seventh largest stadium in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The stadium is home to the Georgia Bulldogs which represent the University of Georgia at college football. It is one of the few college stadiums in which the football field is oriented to face East-West as opposed to North-South and the field is surrounded by privet hedges. Another unusual feature of the place is that Georgia's deceased white bulldog mascots are buried or entombed in the southwester corner of the stadium.

There is handicapped seating available here as well as first aid rooms on all sides of the stadium. Gates open two hours prior to kick off at the games on Saturdays and spectators are not permitted to smoke or bring alcohol to the venue. There are many eateries within a mile of the stadium.