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

Kyle Field

College Station, TX

Capacity

102,733

Open venue

Oldest Stadium

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium

Austin, TX

Opened

1924

Open venue

Highest Elevation

Sun Bowl

El Paso, TX

Elevation

1,184 ft

Open venue

Most Games Hosted

DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium

Austin, TX

Games Hosted

759

Open venue

Capacity Distribution

<30,00032

30,000-49,99910

50,000-79,9994

80,000-99,9991

100,000+3

Surface Split

Grass6

Turf53

Unknown0

Roof Types

Open55

Dome4

Unknown0

College Football Stadium Explorer

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Power Conference Venues 100K+ Stadiums Dome Stadiums

none	none	none	none	none	none	none	descending
DKR-Texas Memorial Stadium Texas	Austin, TX	SEC	Turf	Open	160 ft	100,119	759
Kyle Field Texas A&M	College Station, TX	SEC	Grass	Open	109 ft	102,733	712
Rice Stadium Rice	Houston, TX	American Athletic	Turf	Open	7 ft	47,000	655
McLane Stadium Baylor	Waco, TX	Big 12	Turf	Open	117 ft	45,140	649
Gerald J. Ford Stadium SMU	University Park, TX	ACC	Turf	Open	169 ft	32,000	628
Amon G. Carter Stadium TCU	Fort Worth, TX	Big 12	Grass	Open	185 ft	46,000	606
Jones AT&T Stadium Texas Tech	Lubbock, TX	Big 12	Turf	Open	981 ft	60,454	564
Sun Bowl UTEP	El Paso, TX	Conference USA	Turf	Open	1,184 ft	51,500	503
TDECU Stadium Houston	Houston, TX	Big 12	Turf	Open	10 ft	40,000	430
DATCU Stadium North Texas	Denton, TX	American Athletic	Turf	Open	199 ft	30,850	331
Elliott T. Bowers Stadium Sam Houston	Huntsville, TX	Conference USA	Turf	Open	128 ft	14,000	121
Bobcat Stadium (TX) Texas State	San Marcos, TX	Sun Belt	Turf	Open	178 ft	30,000	119
Alamodome UTSA	San Antonio, TX	American Athletic	Turf	Dome	202 ft	36,582	99
BBVA Compass Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Houston, TX	Unknown	Grass	Open	14 ft	22,000	5
AT&T Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Arlington, TX	Unknown	Turf	Dome	173 ft	100,000	2
Cotton Bowl Historic or neutral-site venue	Dallas, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	133 ft	92,100	2
Ford Center At The Star Historic or neutral-site venue	Frisco, TX	Unknown	Turf	Dome	—	—	2
NRG Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Houston, TX	Unknown	Grass	Dome	15 ft	71,995	1
Alexander Durley Sports Complex Historic or neutral-site venue	Houston, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,500	0
Birkelbach Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Georgetown, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	12,442	0
Blackshear Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Prairie View, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	78 ft	15,000	0
Buffalo Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Canyon, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	12,000	0
Bulldawg Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Copperas Cove, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	—	0
Bulldog Stadium (TX) Historic or neutral-site venue	Seguin, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	1,500	0
Children's Health Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Prosper, TX	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	12,000	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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