点评:I've never attended a football game at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium on the north edge of the campus of the University of Florida in Gainesville. But I've been there. I've sat in the bleachers and watched hundreds of students and local residents jog around the concourse or run the stadium steps or just sit in the stands of the 88,548-seat facility that is popularly known as The Swamp. It's a weekly ritual that brings the community together ever since the playing surface was renamed in honor of former Florida quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner and coach Steve Spurrier in 2016. Spurrier coined the nickname "The Swamp" in 1992, a place where Gators live, where only Gators get out alive. Located at 157 Gale Lemerand Drive, it was built in 1930 and has undergone renovations and expansion ever since. It is the largest stadium in Florida, the 12th largest stadium in the United States and the 20th largest stadium in the world. And it is recognized as one of the loudest stadiums in the country. It frequently draws more than 90,000 for home football games and plans are in the works to increase its capacity to over 100,000, to be as big as Southeastern Conference rivals LSU, Alabama and Tennessee. In 2011, bronze statues of Florida's three Heisman Trophy winners -- Spurrier, Danny Wuerffel and Tim Tebow -- were installed outside the stadium near the center of the west grandstand.
翻译:我从未去过位于盖恩斯维尔的佛罗里达大学北侧、本·希尔·格里芬体育场观看足球比赛。不过我去过那里。我曾坐在看台上,看着数百名学生和当地居民在通道上慢跑、跑上体育场的台阶,或者只是静静地坐在这座可容纳88,548人的体育场里——它有个家喻户晓的别名,叫做“沼泽地”。自2016年该球场为纪念前佛罗里达大学四分卫、海斯曼奖得主兼教练史蒂夫·斯珀里尔而更名以来,这里便成了每周一次凝聚社区人心的传统活动场所。1992年,斯珀里尔为这片场地起了个昵称叫“沼泽地”——那是短吻鳄栖息的地方,也只有短吻鳄才能从那里生还。球场地址为盖尔·勒梅兰德大道157号,建于1930年,此后历经多次翻修与扩建。如今,它已是佛罗里达州规模最大的体育场。美国第12大体育场,世界第20大体育场。它也被公认为全美最喧闹的体育场之一。在主场橄榄球比赛中,它经常能吸引超过9万名观众。目前,有关方正计划将其容量提升至10万人以上,以赶上东南联盟的劲敌LSU、阿拉巴马大学和田纳西大学。2011年,佛罗里达州三位海斯曼奖得主的青铜雕像落成——斯普里尔……丹尼·韦尔费尔和蒂姆·蒂博被安排在体育场外、西看台的中央附近。