PNC Field (formerly BBVA Field) is a

soccer-specific stadium Soccer-specific stadium is a term used mainly in the United States and Canada to refer to a sports stadium either purpose-built or fundamentally redesigned for soccer and whose primary function is to host soccer matches, as opposed to a multi-pu ...

located in

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, United States on the campus of the

University of Alabama at Birmingham The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a Public university#United States, public List of research universities in the United States, research university in Birmingham, Alabama. Developed from an academic extension center established i ...

(UAB) that has served as the home field for both the

UAB Blazers The UAB Blazers are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs that represent the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The school is one of the fourteen member institutions of Conference USA (C-USA) and participates in Division I of th ...

men's and women's soccer teams since its opening in October 2015 as the replacement for

West Campus Field West Campus Field was a soccer-specific stadium located in Birmingham, Alabama, United States on the campus of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that served as the home field for both the UAB Blazers men's and women's soccer teams. The ...

. Development of the stadium was facilitated after

BBVA USA BBVA USA was a bank headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama. It was a subsidiary of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria from 2007 until 2021, when it was acquired by PNC Financial Services. It operated mainly in Alabama, Arizona, California, Colorado, ...

made a $1.5 million donation to the university for its construction in November 2014. In February 2018, the

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approved a $7.3 million expansion of the facility from 2,500 to 5,000 seats. The expansion was financed in part by the

Birmingham Legion FC Birmingham Legion FC is an American professional soccer club based in Birmingham, Alabama, that competes in the USL Championship, the second division of American soccer. The team was established in August 2013 and played under the name Birmin ...

, which agreed to an eight-year lease to play at the stadium starting in 2019 for $350,000 annually. Originally named for corporate sponsor

, the name was changed in late 2021 to reflect the purchase of BBVA United States banking operations by PNC. In November 2021, Legion FC terminated its lease early with the University of Alabama Board of Trustees, effective when the team's run in the

USL Championship The USL Championship (USLC) is a professional men's soccer league in the United States that began its inaugural season in 2011. The USL is sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation (U.S. Soccer) as a Division II league since 2017, pl ...

playoffs ended. Legion FC had experienced problems with pitch conditions during the 2021 season, causing a match against Memphis 901 to be moved to

Legion Field Legion Field is an outdoor stadium in the southeastern United States in Birmingham, Alabama, primarily designed to be used as a venue for American football, but occasionally used for other large outdoor events. Opened in 1927, it is named in ho ...

on short notice.

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{{Birmingham Legion FC Soccer venues in Alabama USL Championship stadiums UAB Blazers Sports venues in Birmingham, Alabama Sports venues completed in 2015 2015 establishments in Alabama