Ben Hill Griffin Stadium (University of Florida) [PLASTIC SEAT]

Blanks are shredded bits of the plastic stadium seats mixed with complementary team-colored resin.

Available Sizes:

• Pen Blanks: Minimum 3/4" x 3/4" square
• Bottle Stopper and Ring Blanks: 1-1/2" round
• Full Pen Blocks: 6" x 5" and a minimum of 7/8" thick
• Knife Scale Pair: 2@ 5" x 1-1/2" x 3/8" minimum

All blanks include one Certificate of Authenticity (COA) per blank—a 4" x 6" card stock with foil-embossed seal, protected in a hard-shell plastic sleeve. Full Pen Blocks come with 10 COAs.

Most blanks are cut to order for freshness. Pen Blocks require a 2-3 week turnaround.

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium: Gators' Swampy Shrine of Gridiron Greatness

Ben Hill Griffin Stadium, infamously dubbed "The Swamp," lurks in the humid heart of the University of Florida's Gainesville campus, a gator-infested fortress of Southeastern Conference fury since its muddy inception. Construction churned the soil on April 16, 1930, birthing Florida Field as a $200,000 concrete cradle that flung open on October 27 with a capacity of 21,769—dedicated in a sellout spectacle on November 8 when the Gators mauled Alabama 20-0 before 21,769 sun-soaked fans, called by budding broadcaster Red Barber. Renamed in 1989 for tireless Gator booster and citrus magnate Ben Hill Griffin Jr., whose philanthropy fueled expansions, it embodies UF's relentless rise from 1906 Fleming Field frolics to national powerhouse status.

Swelling from humble stands to a thunderous 88,548 capacity on lush natural grass (standard 120x53-yard SEC battlefield), The Swamp brews bone-jarring intimacy where the furthest fan feels the turf tremble—dimensions a pitcher's dream: 83 feet to foul poles, 360 to alleys, 360 to center under those iconic palms. Expansions roared in epochs: 1950's west-side surge to 40,116, 1966's east stands ballooning to 62,800, 1982's south end zone skyboxes hitting 72,000, and 1991's $17 million north end zone vaulting to 83,000 for record roars like 85,461 vs. FSU. Later lifts—1990's grass revival, 2003's $50 million luxury lofts and suites, 2009's HD video walls, 2012's west concourse glow-up—fuse swampy soul with state-of-the-art snap, all sans state funds from private Gator grit.

Fortress of the Florida Gators for nine decades, The Swamp has swallowed three national championships (1996, 2006, 2008—all home-fueled feasts), 10 SEC titles, and Heisman heroes like Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), and Tim Tebow (2007) amid 800+ victories and sellout streaks since 1984. Steve Spurrier's 1991 quip—"True dat: A swamp is where Gators live"—ignited its mythic moniker, pulsing with "Gator Bait" chants, 2011 Heisman statues, and upsets like the 1990s FSU fumbles. Beyond gridiron glory, it hosts concerts, graduations, and cattle shows, etching Gainesville's humid heartbeat into lore. As Gators grapple for gridiron gold, Ben Hill Griffin Stadium endures as a steamy testament to tenacity, triumphs, and timeless terror in college football's bayou.