What is the largest college football stadium?

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

Venue Atlas

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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Quick Routes

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

A fast read on the venue 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 Venues

Fast entry points into the most recognizable venue benchmarks in the dataset.

Largest Stadium

Michigan Stadium

Ann Arbor, MI

Capacity

107,601

Open venue

Oldest Stadium

Spartan Stadium

East Lansing, MI

Opened

1923

Open venue

Highest Elevation

Michigan Stadium

Ann Arbor, MI

Elevation

256 ft

Open venue

Most Games Hosted

Michigan Stadium

Ann Arbor, MI

Games Hosted

842

Open venue

Capacity Distribution

How the current result set breaks across venue size bands.

25 venues

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30,000-49,9993

50,000-79,9992

80,000-99,9990

100,000+1

Surface Split

Grass1

Turf24

Unknown0

Roof Types

Open24

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 venue table stays scan-friendly.

Power Conference Venues 100K+ Stadiums Dome Stadiums

none	none	none	none	none	none	none	descending
Michigan Stadium Michigan	Ann Arbor, MI	Big Ten	Turf	Open	256 ft	107,601	842
Spartan Stadium Michigan State	East Lansing, MI	Big Ten	Grass	Open	255 ft	75,005	594
Waldo Stadium Western Michigan	Kalamazoo, MI	Mid-American	Turf	Open	244 ft	30,200	350
Kelly/Shorts Stadium Central Michigan	Mount Pleasant, MI	Mid-American	Turf	Open	241 ft	30,255	284
Rynearson Stadium Eastern Michigan	Ypsilanti, MI	Mid-American	Turf	Open	241 ft	30,200	274
Ford Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Detroit, MI	Unknown	Turf	Dome	184 ft	64,500	3
Angell Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Kalamazoo, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,458	0
Bahlke Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Alma, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,000	0
Cutler Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Olivet, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,200	0
Docking Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Adrian, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	3,000	0
Farmers Insurance Athletic Complex Historic or neutral-site venue	Caledonia, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,000	0
Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Hillsdale, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	8,500	0
Grand Rapids Christian High School Historic or neutral-site venue	Grand Rapids, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	—	0
Hantz Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Midland, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,500	0
Harvey Randall Wickes Memorial Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	University Center, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	6,800	0
Lawrence Tech Athletic Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Southfield, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	2,300	0
Lubbers Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Allendale, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	206 ft	10,444	0
McAfee Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Hancock, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	1,200	0
Ray and Sue Smith Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Holland, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	5,300	0
Riverbank Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Ann Arbor, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	—	0
Sherman Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Houghton, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,684	0
Sprankle-Sprandel Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue	Albion, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	4,000	0
Superior Dome Historic or neutral-site venue	Marquette, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	186 ft	8,000	0
Tom Adams Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Detroit, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	6,439	0
Top Taggart Field Historic or neutral-site venue	Big Rapids, MI	Unknown	Turf	Open	—	6,200	0

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Field Notes

Did You Know?

A quick briefing on the biggest capacity, elevation, surface, and dome takeaways in the venue set.

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.