In the Insight Bowl’s second year at Sun Devil Stadium, fans were witness to an exciting, emotionally charged game featuring the Oklahoma State University Cowboys defeating the Indiana University Hoosiers. Similar to the Insight Bowl game itself, the stadium has grown and gained a reputation over the years.
The facility has played host to five Tostitos Fiesta Bowl national championship games and was the site of Super Bowl XXX in January 1996.
The most recent aesthetic additions to Sun Devil Stadium, which is ideally placed between the Tempe Buttes, were completed in 1989 with a three-tiered press box with luxury sky boxes. Sun Devil Stadium’s current capacity is 73,379.
Sun Devil Stadium was ideally placed between two small mountains—the Tempe Buttes—which have comfortably accommodated the stadium’s growth. Originally built in 1958, additions to the stadium began in 1976, increasing the capacity to 57,222. In 1977, the capacity was increased to 70,491.
During the 1977 stadium expansion, design features enabled the building to be modernized without light supports, sound systems supports or construction pillars in the viewing line of spectators.
In 1988, the expansion added a loge seating section that completed the oval of the stadium and added nearly 1,700 seats. Also added to the south end of the stadium was a state-of-the-art scoreboard and four-color video replay board.
Following the 1992 Fiesta Bowl, Arizona State University lowered the stadium’s playing surface approximately four feet and widened the field considerably to enhance player safety and for the benefit of sideline media members. An underground system of pipes was also added to aid in the irrigation and drainage of the playing surface.
Insight Bowl Game Day Guide (PDF) featuring important game day information and stadium rules.
Insight Bowl Non-Permissible Item (PDF)
