Byrd Stadium Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium ( usually simply " Byrd Stadium " ) , is an outdoor athletic stadium on the campus of the University of Maryland in College Park , Maryland . It is the home of the Maryland Terrapins football and lacrosse teams , which compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference . The facility is named after Harry " Curley " Byrd , a multi - sport athlete , football coach , and university president in the first half of the 20th century . In August 2006 , naming rights were sold to Chevy Chase Bank , which was subsequently acquired by Capital One . History . Byrd Stadium , constructed at a cost of $ 1 million , opened September 30 , 1950 in order to replace an older , much smaller stadium of the same name . For four decades , Byrd Stadium consisted of a horseshoe - shaped bowl with capacity of 34 , 680 . In 1991 , the five - story Tyser Tower , featuring luxury suites and an expanded press area , was completed on the south side of the stadium , as well as the Gossett Football Team House adjacent to the east endzone . In 1995 , the stadium ' s capacity was raised to 48 , 055 through the addition of an upper deck on the north side of the stadium . In November 2001 , as the football team once again became an ACC - title contender , temporary bleachers were brought in for an additional 3 , 000 seats . Those bleachers remain to this day . In 2002 , a full - color video scoreboard was added in the east endzone and an expansion of the Gossett Football Team House was begun . The athletic department hoped to parlay the success of the Ralph Friedgen era into a stadium expansion that would have increased capacity to 65 , 000 , but considering that attendance has become sparse over the last several years , under Friedgen and Randy Edsall , those plans have been put on hold or abandoned . Byrd Stadium ' s attendance record is 58 , 973 , set on November 1 , 1975 . The record was achieved with temporary seating for a game featuring the # 14 Terps and # 9 Penn State . The lone version of the Presidential Cup college football bowl game was held here in December 1950 . The USFL Baltimore Stars called the stadium home in 1985 . Byrd Stadium has also hosted the Division I NCAA Men ' s Lacrosse Championship ten times . Renaming and expansion plans . On August 24 , 2006 , the University of Maryland announced that it had agreed to a $ 20 million naming - rights deal with Chevy Chase Bank . The revenue from the deal was used to pay for renovations and upgrades to the Stadium . On April 25 , 2007 , the Athletic Department unveiled plans for a $ 50 . 8 million expansion to Byrd Stadium , a project that will increase overall capacity , add skyboxes complete with catered food and flat panel televisions , and lower the field to give spectators a better view . The first phase of the expansion plans has been completed and included renovating the old press tower and building 63 luxury suites that stretch from end zone to end zone . New mezzanine seating was added as well , bringing the capacity from 51 , 500 to 54 , 000 . A second LED video board was installed on the west side of the stadium just before the 2008 season . The second phase is to add an 8 , 000 seat upper deck to the stadium ' s west end zone bringing total seating capacity to over 60 , 000 . This is dependent on the sale of all existing luxury suites from phase one . To date , no schedule for construction has been established . On June 20 , 2012 , the Athletic Department announced plans for a new field at Byrd Stadium . FieldTurf Revolution will be installed and the turf will include a new technology known as " CoolPlay " that will keep the field cooler ( up to 15 degrees Fahrenheit cooler ) than traditional turf fields with rubber infill . It will be the first installation of its kind in the United States , and will be ready for the 2012 football season in September .