Acrisure Bounce House
Orlando, United States
Formerly: Bright House Networks Stadium, Spectrum Stadium, Bounce House, FBC Mortgage Stadium (for Acrisure Bounce House); Orlando City Stadium, Exploria Stadium (for Inter&Co Stadium)
Acrisure Bounce House sits on Knights Victory Way. The pitch is natural grass. The most prominent feature is the scoreboard, which displays the letters UCF in a stylized font alongside live footage. It is a modern structure, built to accommodate the flow of a specific kind of crowd, and it does not hide behind a wall of sound like older venues.
The stands are filled with rows of white or light grey seats, creating a uniform texture that contrasts with the dark green of the playing surface. The layout is functional, with the main entrance areas tucked away behind the lower tiers. There is a sense of openness that comes from the lack of a roof over the majority of the seating area. The light from the floodlights is bright, but the natural light during the day is harsh and direct, bouncing off the white seats and the concrete.
The name on the screen changes, but the structure remains the same. It is a place for football, specifically for the Knights, and it has been shaped by the need to show every pass and tackle to the furthest seat in the upper deck. The atmosphere is defined by the geometry of the stands and the scale of the screen, rather than by any history of the site or the surrounding city. It is a functional space, built for a specific purpose, and it does not try to be anything else.
Who plays here
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Knights
5 matches
Recent matches here
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Sep | Knights — Horned Frogs | 21:13 |
| 20 Sep | Knights — Panthers | 44:30 |
| 4 Sep | Knights — Wildcats | 73:6 |