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Stadium capacity through the years

Each pilot stadium’s seating capacity season by season, from the school’s own publications, Wikipedia (at a fixed revision) and CollegeFootballData.com, each figure labeled: Official source (the school’s own document), Independently corroborated (two or more independent sources), Sources disagree (with the figure chosen and why) or Single source. The pilot covers ten programs; /data/coverage says how much is documented.

151 rows, 1905–⁠2026. Source: Curated, each figure cited (per source: see each row’s evidence). On the site: Stadium pages.

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venuefirst seasonlast seasoncapacitylabelnotedecisionreviewercsv ok
Michigan Stadium1927192784401Sources disagreeMichigan’s own history and facilities pages: the stadium opened with 84,401 seats after Yost added 10,000 temporary ones; 72,000 was the cap…proposed1
Michigan Stadium1928194885753Sources disagreeMichigan’s stadium history gives 85,753 from the 1928 season; Wikipedia’s 85,752 cites no source.proposed1
Michigan Stadium1949195597239Official source1
Michigan Stadium19561972101001Official source1
Michigan Stadium19731990101701Official source1
Michigan Stadium19911991102501Sources disagreeMichigan’s history dates the two added rows to the May 1991 renovation, before the 1991 season; Wikipedia starts 102,501 in 1992.proposed1
Michigan Stadium19921997102501Official source1
Michigan Stadium19982007107501Official source1
Michigan Stadium20082009106201Single source1
Michigan Stadium20102014109901Official source1
Michigan Stadium20152026107601Sources disagreeMichigan’s August 7, 2015 announcement set 107,601 before that season; Wikipedia’s list agrees, while its headline figure (107,600) drops a …proposed1
Beaver Stadium1960196046284Sources disagreePenn State’s stadium history and Wikipedia’s own History section give 46,284 at the 1960 opening; the infobox’s 69,000 cites nothing and mat…proposed1
Beaver Stadium1961196846284Official source1
Beaver Stadium1969197148284Sources disagreePenn State’s media guide adds more than 2,000 seats in 1969 and lists 48,284 with the 1969 record crowd; Wikipedia’s infobox carries the 196…proposed1
Beaver Stadium1972197557538Official source1
Beaver Stadium1976197760203Official source1
Beaver Stadium1978197976639Official source1
Beaver Stadium1980198483770Official source1
Beaver Stadium1985199083370Official source1
Beaver Stadium1991200093967Official source1
Beaver Stadium20012010107282Sources disagreePenn State’s media guides, chronology and current stadium page give 107,282 from the 2001 season until the 2011 ADA reseating; the 2018 faci…proposed1
Beaver Stadium20112024106572Official source1
Beaver Stadium20252025106304Sources disagreePenn State’s athletic director gave 2025’s capacity as 106,304 (temporary upper-deck seating during the renovation), reported by StateColleg…proposed1
Beaver Stadium20262026106572Sources disagreePenn State’s 2026 media guide and its October 2026 game notes give 106,572; Wikipedia carries 2025’s 106,304 on through 2026.proposed1
Albertsons Stadium1970197314500Official source1
Albertsons Stadium1974197414500Sources disagreeBoise State’s current facilities page dates the 20,000 to 1975 in its timeline and fact box (First Addition: 1975), and Wikipedia says the d…proposed1
Albertsons Stadium1975199620000Official source1
Albertsons Stadium1997200730000Official source1
Albertsons Stadium2008200832000Official source1
Albertsons Stadium2009201133500Official source1
Albertsons Stadium2012202436387Official source1
Albertsons Stadium2025202532796Official source1
Albertsons Stadium2026202632423Sources disagreeBoise State’s facilities page, updated for the finished North End Zone, gives 32,423 in its lead and fact box (its timeline’s 32,343 appears…proposed1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1929193512000Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1936194524000Sources disagreeAlabama’s 2016 facilities page dates the 24,000-seat east grandstand to 1936 and the Bryant Museum puts about 24,000 in the 1930s; the curre…proposed1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1946196031000Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1961196543000Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1966198760000Sources disagreeAlabama’s 2016 facilities page and the Bryant Museum both say the 1966 expansion of 17,000 seats raised capacity to 60,000 (43,000 plus 17,0…proposed1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1988199770123Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium1998200583818Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium2006200992138Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium20102019101821Official source1
Bryant-Denny Stadium20202026100077Official source1
Kyle Field19051905500Official source1
Kyle Field191519226800Official source1
Kyle Field192319268500Official source1
Kyle Field192719288500Sources disagreeTexas A&M’s timeline gives no figure between 8,500 (1923) and the 32,890 permanent seats of the concrete stadium completed in 1929; Wikipedi…proposed1
Kyle Field1929192932890Sources disagreeTexas A&M’s timeline: the concrete stadium with 32,890 permanent seats was complete for the 1929 Texas game; Wikipedia’s 8,500 entry repeats…proposed1
Kyle Field1930194832890Single source1
Kyle Field1949195240000Single source1

The CSV and JSON hold the rows these filters find, up to 50,000, with the ids that link them to other datasets; the JSON also describes each column.

Columns (9, what each one holds)
ColumnTypeWhat it holds
venue_idwhole numberThe stadium’s id; links to its page
first_seasonwhole numberNo description yet.
last_seasonwhole numberNo description yet.
capacitywhole numberNo description yet.
labeltextNo description yet.
notetextthe decision’s reason, where sources disagree
decisiontextproposed | approved
reviewertextNo description yet.
csv_okwhole numbera witness to the figure comes from a source that allows downloads

How to cite

"Stadium capacity through the years." CollegeFootballDigest, from Curated, each figure cited (per source: see each row's evidence). https://collegefootballdigest.com/data/stadium-capacity. Retrieved October 19, 2026.

Name the original source, Curated, each figure cited, and its license (per source: see each row’s evidence).