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

Ohio Stadium

Columbus, OH

Capacity

102,780

Open venue

Oldest Stadium

Nippert Stadium

Cincinnati, OH

Opened

1915

Open venue

Highest Elevation

Dix Stadium

Kent, OH

Elevation

321 ft

Open venue

Most Games Hosted

Ohio Stadium

Columbus, OH

Games Hosted

704

Open venue

Capacity Distribution

<30,00038

30,000-49,9992

50,000-79,9991

80,000-99,9990

100,000+1

Surface Split

Grass0

Turf44

Unknown0

Roof Types

Open44

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
Ohio Stadium Ohio State	Columbus, OH	Big Ten	Turf	Open	217 ft	102,780	704
Nippert Stadium Cincinnati	Cincinnati, OH	Big 12	Turf	Open	230 ft	40,000	476
Glass Bowl Toledo	Toledo, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	181 ft	26,038	362
Peden Stadium Ohio	Athens, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	194 ft	24,000	335
Doyt L. Perry Stadium Bowling Green	Bowling Green, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	206 ft	24,000	334
Dix Stadium Kent State	Kent, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	321 ft	25,319	331
Yager Stadium Miami (OH)	Oxford, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	242 ft	24,286	327
InfoCision Stadium Akron	Akron, OH	Mid-American	Turf	Open	321 ft	30,000	230
Alumni Field (OH) Historic or neutral-site venue	Bluffton, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,600	0
Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex Historic or neutral-site venue	Oberlin, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Bernlohr Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Bexley, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Case Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Cleveland, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	-82 ft	2,400	0
Charles A. Henry Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Hiram, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,500	0
Deeds Field-Piper Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Granville, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Dial-Roberson Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Ada, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,500	0
Don Drumm Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Marietta, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,000	0
Don Shula Stadium at Wasmer Field Historic or neutral-site venue	University Heights, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,416	0
Donnell Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Findlay, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	7,500	0
Edwards-Maurer Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Springfield, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	309 ft	3,000	0
Fred J. Brown Athletic Complex Historic or neutral-site venue	Defiance, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,500	0
Frost-Kalnow Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Tiffin, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,500	0
George Finnie Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Berea, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	7,800	0
Hoernemann Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Tiffin, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	1,300	0
Jack Britt Memorial Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Painesville, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Jack Miller Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Ashland, OH	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	6,000	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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