What is the largest college football stadium?

Bristol Motor Speedway is the largest stadium in the current dataset at 162,000.

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Venue Intelligence

Explore Every College Football Stadium in America

Q: Which college football stadiums are domes?

25 tracked college football venues are marked as domes, and you can jump directly into the dome preset to compare them.

Q: Which stadiums are at the highest elevation?

War Memorial Stadium (2,200 ft), Walkup Skydome (2,098 ft), Falcon Stadium (2,025 ft) lead the current elevation rankings.

Q: Which college football stadiums use grass or turf?

The current split is 80 grass, 760 turf, and 0 unknown.

Compare college football venues by capacity, elevation, playing surface, roof type, location, and game history. Built for fans, travel planning, betting prep, and research.

Browse Venues Open Map View

Largest Stadiums Oldest Stadiums Highest Elevation Most Games Hosted Domes Grass Fields

840
Venues Tracked
FBS home venues plus neutral-site locations with game history
162,000
Largest Capacity
Largest college football stadium currently in the dataset
100%
Surface Coverage
Venues with known grass vs turf data
100%
Roof Coverage
Venues with known open-air vs dome data

Stadium Intelligence Snapshot

Largest StadiumBristol Motor Speedway — 162,000
Highest ElevationWar Memorial Stadium — 2,200 ft
Most Common SurfaceTurf
Oldest Active VenueCroke Park Stadium — opened 1884

Data refreshed weekly during the season.

Top Venues

Instant discovery paths into the biggest venue stories in the dataset.

Largest Stadium

Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)

Lincoln, NE

Capacity

85,458

Open venue

Oldest Stadium

Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)

Lincoln, NE

Opened

1923

Open venue

Highest Elevation

Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)

Lincoln, NE

Elevation

355 ft

Open venue

Most Games Hosted

Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE)

Lincoln, NE

Games Hosted

769

Open venue

Capacity Distribution

<30,0004

30,000-49,9990

50,000-79,9990

80,000-99,9991

100,000+0

Surface Split

Grass0

Turf6

Unknown0

Roof Types

Open6

Dome0

Unknown0

College Football Stadium Explorer

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Power Conference Venues 100K+ Stadiums Dome Stadiums

none	none	none	none	none	none	none	descending
Memorial Stadium (Lincoln, NE) Nebraska	Lincoln, NE	Big Ten	Turf	Open	355 ft	85,458	769
Abel Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Lincoln, NE	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,500	0
Bulldog Stadium (NE) Historic or neutral-site venue	Seward, NE	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	—	0
Elliott Field at Don Beebe Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Chadron, NE	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,500	0
Memorial Stadium (Wayne, NE) Historic or neutral-site venue	Wayne, NE	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,500	0
Ron & Carol Cope Stadium at Foster Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Kearney, NE	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,250	0

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Did You Know?

Big House benchmark

Bristol Motor Speedway leads the current dataset at 162,000.

Altitude edge

War Memorial Stadium (2,200 ft), Walkup Skydome (2,098 ft), Falcon Stadium (2,025 ft) lead the current elevation rankings.

Surface split

The current split is 80 grass, 760 turf, and 0 unknown.

Dome inventory

25 tracked college football venues are marked as domes, and you can jump directly into the dome preset to compare them.

Searchable College Football Stadium Database

This page is a searchable database of college football stadiums and venues, including capacity, location, playing surface, roof type, elevation, and game history where available.

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