Charlie W. Johnson Stadium is a

stadium A stadium ( : stadiums or stadia) is a place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a tiered structure designed to allow spectators to stand o ...

in Columbia,

South Carolina )''Animis opibusque parati'' ( for, , Latin, Prepared in mind and resources, links=no) , anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind" , Former = Province of South Carolina , seat = Columbia , LargestCity = Charleston , LargestMetro = ...

. It is primarily used for

American football American football (referred to simply as football in the United States and Canada), also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, the team with ...

, and is the home field of the

Benedict College Benedict College is a private historically black college in Columbia, South Carolina. Founded in 1870 by northern Baptists, it was originally a teachers' college. It has since expanded to offer majors in many disciplines across the liberal arts ...

. The stadium has also been host of the South Carolina High School League's Class 1A football state championship games since 2010 and was also the host of the Class 2A games from 2011 to 2013. The stadium holds 11,000 people; it opened in 2006. It underwent renovations in the summer of 2019, with new field turn, new scoreboard (25 feet by 43 feet), landscaping, new roofs on field house and press box, upgraded President's Suite level.

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