The record for the largest attendance at a college football game occurred at the "Battle at Bristol" in 2016, where 156,990 fans packed the Bristol Motor Speedway to watch the University of Tennessee play Virginia Tech. This spectacular event shattered previous attendance records, significantly exceeding capacities of permanent collegiate stadiums like Michigan Stadium—the "Big House"—which holds the record for the largest crowd ever to attend a game at a traditional campus-based football venue with over 115,000 spectators watching Michigan compete against rival foes.