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Canvas Stadium

Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, CO, home of Colorado State. Capacity 36,500. Opened August 5, 2017.

Canvas Stadium in Fort Collins, CO
Canvas Stadium, Fort Collins, COPhoto: FarGah1, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
36,500
Opened
2017
Surface
Shaw Sports Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
5,014 ft
Colorado State here
26–⁠29 games on file since 2017

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2017 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 Canvas Stadium by season, 2017 to 202610k20k30k40k50k2017: 32,062 a game over 6 games; biggest 37,5832018: 29,504 a game over 6 games; biggest 36,5142019: 23,338 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,7672021: 27,096 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,7802022: 26,891 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0092023: 26,509 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,9012024: 33,082 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,0992025: 31,901 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,4162026: 39,014 a game over 4 games; biggest 41,000’17’18’19’21’22’23’24’25’26

Biggest crowds on file

41,000Oregon State at Colorado State2026
40,546Wyoming at Colorado State2026
40,416Hawai’i at Colorado State2025
40,099Colorado at Colorado State2024
38,759BYU at Colorado State2026

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.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Former names
Sonny Lubick Field
at Colorado State Stadium
Opened
August 5, 2017
Architect
Populous
ICON Venue Group
Surface over the years
Shaw Sports Artificial turf

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Canvas Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 230 by 200 meters (740 by 670 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Oregon State 56, Colorado State 26
Sep 19, 202611BYU 41, Colorado State 23
Sep 12, 2026Colorado State 58, Southern Utah 24
Sep 5, 2026Colorado State 35, Wyoming 13
Nov 28, 2025Air Force 42, Colorado State 21
Nov 8, 2025UNLV 42, Colorado State 10
Oct 18, 2025Hawai’i 31, Colorado State 19
Oct 10, 2025Colorado State 49, Fresno State 21
Sep 27, 2025Washington State 20, Colorado State 3
Sep 20, 2025UTSA 17, Colorado State 16
Sep 6, 2025Colorado State 21, Northern Colorado 17
Nov 29, 2024Colorado State 42, Utah State 37

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights. Official source.