About Protective Stadium
Protective Stadium is a College Football stadium in Birmingham, Alabama. It opened in 2021. It seats 47,100. Its current tenant is UAB Blazers (College Football), since 2021. By capacity it ranks 67th of 256 current College Football venues, counting only venues with a known capacity. On our ranked lists it ranks 363rd oldest of 368 stadiums and arenas still in use.
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Location
Location 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
| Team | League | Years |
|---|---|---|
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UAB Blazers While based here: 6 seasons · 29-38 regular season · 2 postseason trips · 2026 in progress
College Football · 2021–present
American 2023–2026 · C-USA 2021–2022 · FBS (Division I-A)
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College Football | 2021–present |
Records are each team's full-season results while it was based here, home and away games alike, from final scores. They are not records of games played at this venue.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the capacity of Protective Stadium?
The capacity of Protective Stadium is 47,100.
When was Protective Stadium built?
Protective Stadium opened in 2021.
Who plays at Protective Stadium?
Protective Stadium is the home venue of UAB Blazers.
Where did the UAB Blazers play before Protective Stadium?
Before moving to Protective Stadium in 2021, the UAB Blazers played at Legion Field from 1994 to 2020.
Sources
Where the facts on this page were read from. How VenueStats compiles them.
- Open Topo Data (Public domain): Elevation.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim (ODbL): Location.
- 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
Nearby Venues
| Venue | Years | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Birmingham-Jefferson Civic Center | 1972– | 0.3 mi |
| Legion Field | 1927– | 2.3 mi |
| Pete Hanna Stadium | 1958– | 4.5 mi |
| Saban Field at Bryant–Denny Stadium | 1929– | 48 mi |
Straight-line distance between the venues' coordinates.
References
Teams on Wikipedia
Every source for the facts on this page is listed under Sources.