Galaxy Stadium seating chart with real 3D views from every section
- Next game
- Red Raiders v Abilene Christian Wildcats · 5 Sep
- Programme
- Texas Tech Red Raiders
- Conference
- Big 12
- Capacity
- ~60,229 (approx.)
- Opened
- 1947
- City
- Lubbock, TX
- Home games
- 7 in 2026
This is Jones Stadium of 1947, then Jones SBC Stadium, then Jones AT&T Stadium for twenty years, and Galaxy Stadium since a fifteen-year naming agreement was announced in July 2026 — so the old names are what a great many people still search for. Its best story is the 1959 rebuild: rather than demolish the east stand, they lifted it and rolled it bodily across the site on steel rollers and railway track, then dug the pitch twenty-eight feet below ground level and filled in the extra rows. The south end was demolished and replaced by a four-storey building between 2022 and 2025.
Tortillas get thrown. Since 2025 that is officially limited to the opening kick-off and sanctioned after it, which has not entirely settled the matter. The Masked Rider leads the team out on horseback, the Victory Bells ring for half an hour after a home win, and since 2025 there has been a drone show between the third and fourth quarters. At three thousand two hundred feet on an open plain, the sun is hard and the wind is constant, and there is almost no shade anywhere in the building.
The south end zone was rebuilt between 2022 and 2025: capacity dropped to 56,200 for the 2023 season and came back to 60,229 in 2024, which is why interim figures are still in circulation.
A lower bowl on all four sides with upper decks down both sidelines, stadium buildings on the east and west holding the suites, clubs and press, a club behind the north end, and a four-storey building closing the south end. Students have sat in the east lower bowl and the north-east corner since 2023, with the band moved to the east side alongside them, so the east is the loud side and the west is the quiet one. The only structural shade in the ground comes off the south building; the west side is the first to lose the sun for a late-afternoon kick-off.
Frequently asked questions
- How can I see the view from my seat at Galaxy Stadium?
- Click any section on the interactive Galaxy Stadium map above and a real panoramic 3D view from that part of the stadium opens instantly. Drag to look around in 360°, so you know what you will see before you buy a ticket.
- What is the capacity of Galaxy Stadium?
- About 60,229. The south end zone was rebuilt between 2022 and 2025: capacity dropped to 56,200 for the 2023 season and came back to 60,229 in 2024, which is why interim figures are still in circulation.
- Who plays at Galaxy Stadium?
- The Texas Tech Red Raiders, in the Big 12. The programme plays 7 home games here in the 2026 season.
- What was Galaxy Stadium called before?
- Jones AT&T Stadium, Jones SBC Stadium. It is the same building and the same seating bowl — a section number from the Jones AT&T Stadium era still points at the same seats.
- When is the next game at Galaxy Stadium?
- Red Raiders v Abilene Christian Wildcats on 5 Sep 2026. Kick-off times are confirmed by the television networks closer to the date.
- What are the best seats at Galaxy Stadium?
- Middle rows of the west sideline for the view and the earlier shade, the lower east side if you want to be inside the student noise, and the corners for the best price against sightline.
Next games at Galaxy Stadium
The complete 2026 home schedule at Galaxy Stadium. Kick-off times are set by the television networks a few weeks out and move; the dates are the ones on the published calendar.
- Red Raiders v Abilene Christian Wildcats
- Red Raiders v Houston Cougars
- Red Raiders v Sam Houston Bearkats
- Red Raiders v Arizona State Sun Devils
- Red Raiders v Arizona Wildcats
- Red Raiders v West Virginia Mountaineers
- Red Raiders v TCU Horned Frogs