Jones AT&T Stadium is a stadium in Lubbock, Texas. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Texas Tech University Red Raiders. The Red Raiders own a 300-149-13 record there. A record crowd of 55,755 saw the Red Raiders defeat the Texas A&M Aggies 56-17 on November 5, 2005.

	Capacity		53,000
	Opened		1947
	Owner		Texas Tech University
	Operator		Texas Tech University
	Surface		Field Turf
	Location		Drive of Champions Lubbock, TX 79409
	Construction cost		$400,000 USD

Clifford B. and Audrey Jones Stadium opened in 1947. The first game was a Texas Tech victory over Hardin-Simmons University 14-6. The original seating capacity at the time was 27,000. In 1959 the stadium’s first expansion raised the seating to 41,500. It was later expanded again in 1972, and now seats up to 52,500 people. The stadium name was changed to Jones SBC Stadium in 2000 via a naming rights agreement with SBC Communications, which funded a large part of the stadium’s most recent and ongoing expansion.

The largest renovation project to date was the $51.9 million, 17,500—square-foot press box that included luxury suites, club seating and decks for the press and television cameras. This added 2,000 seats and was completed during the 2003 season. In February 2006, the university announced plans to add $60 million worth of upgrades including additional luxury suites, a 1,000-car parking garage, an upper deck, a facade on the east side of the stadium and more seating. The entire project was set to begin following the 2006 season but has since been scaled back so that only additional seating and the east side facade will be the primary focus. The other projects have been shelved until further notice.

In 2006, the stadium was upgraded with a $2 million dollar inner field wall that matches the traditional Texas Tech style brick facade and an inscribing of the Matador Song at the Double T in the north and south endzones. The project also included a FieldTurf playing field. The university divided the stadium’s old AstroTurf into pieces to be sold to the public.

The Letterman’s Lounge Building is located at the north end of the stadium and is used for the meetings of the Letterman’s Association. Plaques of the members are located throughout the building as are portraits of all the university’s football coaches and All-American players along with murals of past championship teams. The south side of the stadium is the location of the football coaching staff office facility.

On April 6, 2006, the facility name was officially changed to Jones AT&T Stadium as a result of SBC’s merger with AT&T and adoption of AT&T as its new corporate name.

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