Byrd Stadium, located on the University of Maryland campus in College Park, MD, was built in 1950 and has been the home of the football team since its opening. Byrd Stadium also played host to the Baltimore Stars of the USFL in 1985. The stadium can hold 48,000 people and uses a natural grass playing surface. Byrd Stadium was renovated between the 1990 and 1991 seasons to work on a $3.5 million press box, reconstruction of the stadium bowl and new seating, and new rest rooms and concession stands on the south side. After the final home game of 1994, construction began on a $20 million renovation that includes adding an upper deck to the north side, and rest rooms and concession stands to the west and north sides. Prior to the renovation project, the capacity in the stadium was 42,000. The upper deck addition brought in an additional 14,000 seats but 8,000 seats were removed and renovated in the process, so the net gain in available seats was only 6,000 bringing the total capacity of Byrd Stadium to 48,000.

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