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Arizona Stadium

Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ, home of Arizona. Capacity 50,782. Opened October 12, 1929.

Arizona Stadium in Tucson, AZ
Arizona Stadium, Tucson, AZPhoto: Wcarlisle4, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
50,782
Opened
1929
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
2,435 ft
Home team
Arizona
Arizona here
90–⁠74 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
twice

Since it opened: Arizona is 343–⁠219–⁠13 in home games from the 1930 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.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Arizona Stadium by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k60k70k2001: 44,383 a game over 6 games; biggest 47,0312002: 45,006 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,4462003: 42,765 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,3192004: 50,111 a game over 7 games; biggest 55,0952005: 53,613 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,4002006: 55,798 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,8012007: 52,161 a game over 6 games; biggest 55,2702008: 52,440 a game over 7 games; biggest 58,7042009: 52,547 a game over 6 games; biggest 57,8132010: 55,408 a game over 7 games; biggest 57,8642011: 48,878 a game over 6 games; biggest 56,0962012: 47,931 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,9012013: 47,619 a game over 6 games; biggest 53,7932014: 50,710 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,7542015: 46,969 a game over 7 games; biggest 56,0042016: 46,486 a game over 8 games; biggest 55,4632017: 42,132 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,3802018: 43,802 a game over 8 games; biggest 51,8052019: 39,155 a game over 7 games; biggest 47,9332021: 34,900 a game over 6 games; biggest 43,2582022: 42,145 a game over 8 games; biggest 50,8002023: 44,907 a game over 7 games; biggest 50,8002024: 45,913 a game over 8 games; biggest 50,7242025: 41,213 a game over 8 games; biggest 47,9602026: 41,434 a game over 3 games; biggest 43,760200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

58,801USC at Arizona2006
58,704Arizona State at Arizona2008
58,450BYU at Arizona2006
57,895Arizona State at Arizona2006
57,864Iowa at Arizona2010

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.

College GameDay here

ESPN’s College GameDay has broadcast from Arizona Stadium twice, first in 2009.

Sep 26, 2015UCLA 56, Arizona 30UA Mall east of Old Main
Nov 21, 2009Oregon 44, Arizona 41UA Mall east of Old Main

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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 Arizona’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Arizona Stadium (1929–⁠2025)
Opened
October 12, 1929
Architect
Roy Place
Surface over the years
FieldTurf Vortex Core (2022-current)
FieldTurf (2013–⁠2021)
Natural grass (1928–⁠2012)
Expanded
1938, 1947, 1950
1965, 1976, 1988
1990, 2011–⁠2013
Renovated
2013
Record crowd
59,920 (vs. Arizona State) (November 23, 1996)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Arizona Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 220 by 210 meters (730 by 680 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Arizona 34, Cincinnati 7
Sep 19, 2026Arizona 42, Northern Illinois 17
Sep 5, 2026Arizona 35, Northern Arizona 7
Dec 27, 2025Fresno State 18, Miami (OH) 3
Nov 22, 2025Arizona 41, Baylor 17
Nov 8, 2025Arizona 24, Kansas 20
Oct 11, 202518BYU 33, Arizona 27
Oct 4, 2025Arizona 41, Oklahoma State 13
Sep 12, 2025Arizona 23, Kansas State 17
Sep 6, 2025Arizona 48, Weber State 3
Aug 30, 2025Arizona 40, Hawai’i 6
Dec 28, 2024Miami (OH) 43, Colorado State 17

Around the stadium

Playing surface
FieldTurf · Single 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 2022. Official source.