Filin wasa na FirstBank
Filin wasa na FirstBank (tsohon filin wasan Dudley da Vanderbilt Stadium ) filin wasa ne na ƙwallon ƙafa da ke Nashville, Tennessee . An kammala shi a cikin shekarar 1922 a matsayin filin wasa na farko a Kudu da za a yi amfani da shi na musamman don ƙwallon kwaleji, gidan ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Jami'ar Vanderbilt ne.  Lokacin da aka san wurin da filin wasa na Vanderbilt, ya karbi bakuncin Tennessee Oilers (yanzu Titans) a lokacin 1998 NFL kakar da Music City Bowl na farko a shekarar 1998 kuma ya karbi bakuncin gasar kwallon kafa ta makarantar sakandare ta jihar Tennessee shekaru da yawa.

Filin wasa na FirstBank shi ne filin wasan ƙwallon ƙafa mafi ƙanƙanta a taron Kudu maso Gabas, kuma shine filin wasa mafi girma a Nashville har zuwa kammala filin wasa na Nissan na Titans a shekarar 1999.

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Tsohon filin wasan Dudley 
Vanderbilt kwallon kafa ya fara a shekarar 1892, kuma tsawon shekaru 30, Commodore kungiyoyin kwallon kafa sun taka leda a arewa maso gabas na harabar inda Wilson Hall, Kissam Quadrangle, da wani ɓangare na Vanderbilt Law School yanzu tsaye, kusa da yau 21st Avenue South. 

An sanya sunan wurin na farko don William Dudley, Dean na Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Vanderbilt daga shekarar 1885 har zuwa mutuwarsa a 1914. Dudley shi ne ke da alhakin samar da SIAA, wanda ya gabaci taron Kudu da Kudu maso Gabas, a shekarar 1895, kuma ya kasance mai taimakawa wajen samar da NCAA a 1906. 

A cikin shekarar 1922, bayan kashi 74.2 na nasara a cikin shekaru 18 na Coach McGugin, Commodores sun fi girma Dudley Field.  An sake yi wa tsohon filin baftisma Curry Field, don girmama Irby "Rabbit" Curry, ɗan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa daga 1914 zuwa 1916, wanda ya bar Vanderbilt don yin hidima a cikin Sojojin Amurka zuwa Turai a Yaƙin Duniya na 1 kuma an kashe shi yayin da yake tashi a jirgin ruwa. Yaƙi a kan Faransa a 1918. Ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta buga wasanni biyu akan filin Curry mai suna kafin ta koma New Dudley Field a 1922.

Sabon filin wasan Dudley 
Babu isasshen wurin da za a faɗaɗa tsohon filin Dudley a wurinsa kusa da Kirkland Hall, don haka masu gudanar da Vanderbilt suka sayi ƙasa kusa da abin da yake a yau 25th Avenue South, a gefen yamma na harabar, don sabon wurin.  Sabon filin wasa, na farko a Kudu da aka gina don kwallon kafa kawai, an yi masa baftisma "Filin Dudley", kuma karfinsa ya kai 20,000. A matsayin shaida na girman Vanderbilt a cikin wasanni a lokacin, ya dwarfed abokin hamayyar Tennessee's Shields-Watkins Field (yanzu filin wasa na Neyland ), wanda ya bude shekara guda a baya kuma ya zauna kawai 3,200.

Wasan farko da aka buga a filin Dudley ya kasance tsakanin Commodores da Michigan Wolverines mai ƙarfi. Layin burin da ya tsaya kusa da Commodores ya kiyaye kunnen doki 0-0.  Jumma'a mai zuwa, Makarantar Sakandare ta Hume-Fogg ta buga wasa a Dudley. Babban jami'in Jimmy Armistead ya dawo da bugun daga kai sai mai tsaron gida, karon farko da aka taba yi a filin wasa. Armistead ya ci gaba da aiki mai nasara a Vanderbilt. Shi ne kyaftin kuma farawa kwata-kwata na tawagar shekarar1928 .

A cikin shekarar 1949, jami'an Vanderbilt sun gina akwatin jarida na zamani a Dudley Field, tare da maye gurbin wani dandamali da aka yi amfani da shi kafin wannan.  An kuma ƙara ƙarin wurin zama a gefen yamma na filin wasa, wanda ya haɓaka ƙarfin zuwa 27,901. 

A ranar 25 ga Satumba, 1954, Vanderbilt ya karbi bakuncin Baylor Bears mai lamba 10 a wasan dare na farko da aka taɓa buga akan filin Dudley Field. An shigar da fitilu domin Filin Dudley ya iya daukar nauyin Crusade na Billy Graham a harabar. 

A cikin 1960, an ƙara ƙarin kujeru kusan 7,000 a filin wasan, tare da faɗaɗa a gefen gabas na filin wasa kusa da Gym na Tunawa. Ƙarfin ya yi tsalle zuwa 34,000.

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