Home
United States
Alabama
Braly Municipal Stadium

Braly Municipal Stadium

Opened in 1949

About Braly Municipal Stadium

Braly Municipal Stadium is recorded as a College Football stadium in Florence, Alabama. It opened in 1949. Its recorded capacity is 14,215. Its only tenant was North Alabama Lions (College Football, 1959–2025).

Appears in

97th longest single tenancy (66 years) of the 100 longest on record in football stadiums
96th longest single tenancy (66 years) of the 100 longest on record in College Football stadiums

Photo of Braly Municipal Stadium — Photo by Americasroof. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. Source: Wikimedia Commons.

Venue Information

Capacity

14,215

Source: Wikidata

Year Opened

1949

Address

648 North Cherry Street, Florence, Alabama 35630

Elevation

563 ft

172 m above sea level

Address derived from the venue's coordinates using data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).

Elevation of the venue's coordinates from USGS and NASA SRTM elevation data, via Open Topo Data.

Teams

Home seasons at Braly Municipal Stadium by team, 1949–2025. Bars use each team's colors at the time; the table below lists every season.

Team	League	Years
North Alabama Lions While based here: 10 seasons College Football · 1959–2025 UAC 2023–2025 · Atlantic Sun Conference 2022 · Big South Conference 2020 · 1 earlier conference · FCS (Division I-AA) Home venue unknown 1912 Braly Municipal Stadium 1959–2025 Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independent Stadium 2026–present	College Football	1959–2025

Game results are on record only for top-division college football seasons; other seasons count toward seasons here but not toward the record.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the capacity of Braly Municipal Stadium?

The capacity of Braly Municipal Stadium is 14,215.

When was Braly Municipal Stadium built?

Braly Municipal Stadium opened in 1949.

Where did the North Alabama Lions play after Braly Municipal Stadium?

After leaving Braly Municipal Stadium in 2025, the North Alabama Lions moved to Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independent Stadium in 2026.

Sources

Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.

Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Address.
VenueStats compilation: Opening and closing years, name history and teams (compiled by VenueStats from Sports Reference and Wikipedia).
Wikidata (CC0): Capacity, Coordinates (Wikidata places the building within 0 m of this point).
Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA): Photograph.

Location

Coordinates: 34.8100, -87.6728

View on Google Maps

Nearby Venues

Venue	Years	Distance
Bobby Wallace Field at Bank Independent Stadium	2026–	0.7 mi
Louis Crews Stadium	1996–	62 mi
Protective Stadium	2021–	101 mi

Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.

References

Teams on Wikipedia

North Alabama Lions

Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.