Big House benchmark
Bristol Motor Speedway leads the current dataset at 162,000.
Stadium Atlas
Explore Every College Football Stadium in America
Compare college football stadiums by capacity, elevation, playing surface, roof type, location, and game history. Built for fans, travel planning, betting prep, and research.
840
Stadiums Tracked
FBS home stadiums plus neutral-site locations with game history
162,000
Largest Capacity
Largest college football stadium currently in the dataset
100%
Surface Coverage
Stadiums with known grass vs turf data
100%
Roof Coverage
Stadiums with known open-air vs dome data
Stadium Intelligence Snapshot
A fast read on the stadium dataset before you drop into the explorer.
- 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.
Record Book
Top Stadiums
Fast entry points into the most recognizable stadium benchmarks in the dataset.
Largest Stadium
Soldier Field
Chicago, IL
Capacity
61,500
Oldest Stadium
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Champaign, IL
Opened
1923
Highest Elevation
Huskie Stadium
DeKalb, IL
Elevation
267 ft
Most Games Hosted
Memorial Stadium (Champaign, IL)
Champaign, IL
Games Hosted
749
Capacity Distribution
How the current result set breaks across stadium size bands.
35 stadiums
<30,00026
30,000-49,9992
50,000-79,9992
80,000-99,9990
100,000+0
Surface Split
Grass3
Turf32
Unknown0
Roof Types
Open34
Dome1
Unknown0
Working Surface
College Football Stadium Explorer
Filter, sort, and compare stadiums by location, capacity, elevation, roof, surface, and game history. The explorer is the primary operating surface on this page, so the controls stay utility-first and the stadium table stays scan-friendly.
| none | none | none | descending | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champaign, IL | Big Ten | Turf | Open | 223 ft | 60,670 | 749 | |
| Evanston, IL | Big Ten | Turf | Open | — | — | 729 | |
| DeKalb, IL | Mountain West | Turf | Open | 267 ft | 23,595 | 317 | |
Ryan Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Evanston, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 4 |
Wrigley Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 2 |
Amos Alonzo Stagg Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 3,500 | 0 |
April Zorn Memorial Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Monmouth, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 2,600 | 0 |
Benedetti-Wehrli Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Naperville, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 4,839 | 0 |
Bruce R. Deaton Memorial Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 0 |
Charles D. Lindberg Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Rock Island, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,800 | 0 |
Concordia Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | River Forest, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,500 | 0 |
England Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Jacksonville, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,468 | 0 |
Farwell Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Lake Forest, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 2,000 | 0 |
Francis Field (IL) Historic or neutral-site venue | Greenville, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 2,000 | 0 |
Frank M. Lindsay Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Decatur, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 4,000 | 0 |
Freesen Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Jacksonville, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,400 | 0 |
Guaranteed Rate Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Grass | Open | 181 ft | 40,615 | 0 |
Hancock Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Normal, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | 243 ft | 15,000 | 0 |
Hanson Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Macomb, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | 193 ft | 16,368 | 0 |
Harley Knosher Bowl Historic or neutral-site venue | Galesburg, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 6,000 | 0 |
Holmgren Athletic Complex Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 3,000 | 0 |
Langhorst Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Elmhurst, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 2,500 | 0 |
Leemon Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Lebanon, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 2,000 | 0 |
McCully Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Wheaton, IL | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 4,100 | 0 |
Morris Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Chicago, IL | Unknown | Turf | Dome | — | — | 0 |
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Field Notes
Did You Know?
A quick briefing on the biggest capacity, elevation, surface, and dome takeaways in the stadium set.
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 stadiums 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, including capacity, location, playing surface, roof type, elevation, and game history where available.