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.

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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

University Stadium (NM)

Albuquerque, NM

Capacity

39,224

Open venue

Oldest Stadium

University Stadium (NM)

Albuquerque, NM

Opened

1960

Open venue

Highest Elevation

University Stadium (NM)

Albuquerque, NM

Elevation

1,554 ft

Open venue

Most Games Hosted

University Stadium (NM)

Albuquerque, NM

Games Hosted

537

Open venue

Capacity Distribution

<30,0004

30,000-49,9991

50,000-79,9990

80,000-99,9990

100,000+0

Surface Split

Grass0

Turf5

Unknown0

Roof Types

Open5

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
University Stadium (NM) New Mexico	Albuquerque, NM	Mountain West	Turf	Open	1,554 ft	39,224	537
Aggie Memorial Stadium New Mexico State	Las Cruces, NM	Conference USA	Turf	Open	1,208 ft	28,853	470
Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Portales, NM	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,000	0
Ben Altamirano Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Silver City, NM	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Sanchez Family Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Las Vegas, NM	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,000	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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