Big House benchmark
Bristol Motor Speedway leads the current dataset at 162,000.
Venue Atlas
Explore Every College Football Stadium in America
Compare college football venues by capacity, elevation, playing surface, roof type, location, and game history. Built for fans, travel planning, betting prep, and research.
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.
Capacity Distribution
How the current result set breaks across venue size bands.
27 venues
<30,00021
30,000-49,9991
50,000-79,9992
80,000-99,9990
100,000+0
Surface Split
Grass3
Turf24
Unknown0
Roof Types
Open27
Dome0
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.
| none | none | none | descending | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlottesville, VA | ACC | Grass | Open | 170 ft | 61,500 | 727 | |
| Blacksburg, VA | ACC | Grass | Open | 632 ft | 65,632 | 697 | |
| Harrisonburg, VA | Sun Belt | Turf | Open | 399 ft | 24,877 | 153 | |
| Lynchburg, VA | Conference USA | Turf | Open | 273 ft | 25,000 | 131 | |
| Norfolk, VA | Sun Belt | Turf | Open | 3 ft | 20,118 | 94 | |
Alumni Memorial Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Lexington, VA | Unknown | Grass | Open | 295 ft | 10,000 | 0 |
Apprentice Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Newport News, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 800 | 0 |
Armstrong Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Hampton, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | 3 ft | 12,000 | 0 |
Carl Smith Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Wise, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 3,900 | 0 |
City Stadium (VA) Historic or neutral-site venue | Lynchburg, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 0 |
Daly Field at Frank R. Campbell Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Danville, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,200 | 0 |
Day Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Ashland, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 5,000 | 0 |
E. Claiborne Robins Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Richmond, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | 60 ft | 8,217 | 0 |
Fred Selfe Stadium at Nicewonder Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Meadowview, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 5,500 | 0 |
Hovey Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Richmond, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 10,000 | 0 |
Jopson Athletic Complex Historic or neutral-site venue | Bridgewater, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 3,500 | 0 |
Knight Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Buena Vista, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,000 | 0 |
Lewis C. Everett Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Farmville, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 1,850 | 0 |
Robert E. Williams Field Historic or neutral-site venue | Buena Vista, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 0 |
Rogers Stadium (VA) Historic or neutral-site venue | Petersburg, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 7,909 | 0 |
Salem Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Salem, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | — | 0 |
Shentel Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Winchester, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 3,000 | 0 |
TowneBank Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Newport News, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 4,200 | 0 |
W.B. Adams Stadium Historic or neutral-site venue | Ferrum, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | — | 5,500 | 0 |
William Dick"" Price Stadium"" Historic or neutral-site venue | Norfolk, VA | Unknown | Turf | Open | 5 ft | 30,000 | 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.
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.