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Albertsons Stadium

Albertsons Stadium in Boise, ID, home of Boise State. Capacity 32,423. Opened September 11, 1970.

Albertsons Stadium in Boise, ID

Coldest game on record9°F

Albertsons Stadium, Boise, IDPhoto: Iamneven, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
32,423
Opened
1970
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
2,701 ft
Home team
Boise State
Boise State here
144–⁠16 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Boise State is 174–⁠37 in home games from the 1972 season on. Our source names a game’s stadium only from 2001, so that count takes every earlier home game not marked neutral and may include a few played elsewhere.

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2001 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Capacity through the years

From 14,500 seats in 1970 to 32,423 today, across nine documented figures. Sources disagree on two stretches, drawn in orange; the table says which figure we use and why.

Albertsons Stadium capacity by season, 1970 to 202610k20k30k40k19701980199020002010202014,50032,423
Every figure and its sources
1970–⁠197314,500Official source
197414,500Sources disagreeBoise State University Athletics gives 20,000. Boise State’s current facilities page dates the 20,000 to 1975 in its timeline and fact box (First Addition: 1975), and Wikipedia says the deck was added after the 1974 season for 1975; the school’s 2011 media guide and the same page’s history paragraph say 1974, so a reviewer should confirm. (Our reading, not yet reviewed.)
1975–⁠199620,000Official source
1997–⁠200730,000Official source
200832,000Official source
2009–⁠201133,500Official source
2012–⁠202436,387Official source
202532,796Official source
202632,423Sources disagreeWikipedia gives 32,796; Boise State University Athletics gives 32,343; Wikipedia gives 35,500. Boise 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 once); Wikipedia’s 35,500 cites nothing. Low confidence: the school’s 2025 releases said capacity would be raised again in 2026 from 32,796, so confirm with Boise State before approving. (Our reading, not yet reviewed.)

How we know

A list that ends one range in the year the next begins (“1969–⁠1972”, then “1972–⁠1976”) is read as a change that year.

Official source: the school’s own publication. Independently corroborated: two or more sources that don’t copy each other. Sources disagree: we show both and say which we use and why. Single source: one source only. Documented for 57 of the 57 seasons since 1970; 2 disputed (as of 2026-10-18). All the evidence.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Albertsons Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k2001: 23,780 a game over 7 games; biggest 27,6972002: 27,533 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,9242003: 28,098 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,6642004: 30,499 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,9502005: 30,112 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,6032006: 30,121 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,7112007: 29,929 a game over 8 games; biggest 30,6812008: 31,490 a game over 7 games; biggest 32,4122009: 32,025 a game over 8 games; biggest 34,1272010: 32,151 a game over 7 games; biggest 34,1372011: 33,169 a game over 7 games; biggest 34,1962012: 34,524 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,8642013: 32,593 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,0692014: 30,719 a game over 8 games; biggest 36,7522015: 31,506 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,8362016: 32,945 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,6022017: 29,299 a game over 8 games; biggest 35,5652018: 31,273 a game over 8 games; biggest 36,6792019: 29,763 a game over 8 games; biggest 36,9022020: 1,100 a game over 2 games; biggest 1,1002021: 31,186 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,4262022: 29,997 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,6632023: 32,482 a game over 7 games; biggest 37,4912024: 33,770 a game over 8 games; biggest 37,7112025: 30,191 a game over 8 games; biggest 32,9822026: 34,494 a game over 3 games; biggest 34,616200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

37,711Washington State at Boise State2024
37,663Fresno State at Boise State2022
37,491San José State at Boise State2023
37,426Nevada at Boise State2021
37,264Oregon State at Boise State2024

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

The pregame shows here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Albertsons Stadium once, first in 2010; Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff once.

Dec 6, 2024Big Noon KickoffBoise State 21, UNLV 7
Sep 25, 2010College GameDayBoise State 37, Oregon State 24Inside Bronco Stadium

College GameDay’s sites from Wikipedia’s list of College GameDay locations (CC BY-SA). Big Noon Kickoff’s from Wikipedia’s list of its sites (CC BY-SA).

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

Snow on game day

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database). Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Boise State’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Bronco Stadium (1970–⁠2014)
Opened
September 11, 1970
Architect
Sink Combs Dethlefs
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (blue) (2008–present)
AstroPlay (blue) – (2002–⁠2007)
AstroTurf (blue) – (1986–⁠2001)
Expanded
1975, 1997, 2009, 2012

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Albertsons Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 140 by 170 meters (460 by 540 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 202622Boise State 37, Utah State 18
Sep 19, 2026Boise State 38, South Dakota 24
Sep 12, 2026Boise State 38, Memphis 20
Dec 22, 2025Washington State 34, Utah State 21
Dec 5, 2025Boise State 38, UNLV 21
Nov 22, 2025Boise State 49, Colorado State 21
Nov 1, 2025Fresno State 30, Boise State 7
Oct 18, 2025Boise State 56, UNLV 31
Oct 11, 2025Boise State 41, New Mexico 25
Sep 27, 2025Boise State 47, App State 14
Sep 5, 2025Boise State 51, Eastern Washington 14
Dec 23, 2024Northern Illinois 28, Fresno State 20

Around the stadium

Beer sales
Sold to all fans · Official source

Found by several AI researchers searching the web, then kept only where the page loads and says so in words naming the program; every quote is checked again each time the data is rebuilt. Official source: the school’s own page. All of them.

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2023. Official source.