TCF Bank Stadium has been awarded LEED Silver Certification established by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and verified by the Green Building Certification Institute. Located on the East Bank of the Twin Cities campus, the 50,805-seat TCF Bank Stadium, designed by Populous, is the new home for Golden Gopher Football and the University of Minnesota Marching Band. It is just the 6th on-campus football stadium of its size to be built in the last 50 years.

"There's no better experience than seeing 50,000 Gopher fans coming back to campus to celebrate Minnesota football, and to be able to do that in a stadium that's respectful of the environment was paramount for us from day one," said Scott Radecic, Populous senior principal. "And perhaps more importantly, the University now has a stadium that’s not only environmentally sustainable, but economically and socially sustainable as well.”

The stadium opened on Sept. 12.

Achieving LEED certification was a goal of both Populous (formerly HOK Sport) designers and University of Minnesota officials from the beginning. The University has its own environmental criteria that new campus buildings must meet; those standards were incorporated into the new-stadium design.