Floyd Stadium – Murfreesboro TN

City:
Murfreesboro, TN

Site Type:
Stadiums, Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Civil Works Administration (CWA), Work Relief Programs

Started:
1933

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Civil Works Administration (CWA) conducted work in 1933 to construct what is now known as Johnny “Red” Floyd Stadium at what was then the Middle State Normal School (Teachers College)—now Middle Tennessee State University. The facility has been enlarged multiple times over the years.

Source notes

"New Gridiron," Nashville Banner, Sept. 4, 1934 (pg. 12): https://www.newspapers.com/image/605207041/

https://goblueraiders.com/sports/2014/7/9/FB_0709140906

Site originally submitted by Evan Kalish on August 3, 2023.

Location Info


1500 Greenland Dr.
Murfreesboro, TN 37130

Coordinates: 35.85109, -86.36816

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