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DakotaDome

DakotaDome in Vermillion, SD, home of South Dakota. Capacity 9,100. Opened 1979.

DakotaDome in Vermillion, SD
DakotaDome, Vermillion, SDPhoto: Jrobb525, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
9,100
Opened
1979
Surface
AstroTurf PureGrass
Roof
Dome
Elevation
1,225 ft
Home team
South Dakota
South Dakota here
65–⁠32 games on file since 2009

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2009 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 DakotaDome by season, 2009 to 20260k5k10k15k2009: 9,003 a game over 2 games; biggest 9,8842010: 8,711 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,5962011: 8,311 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1692012: 8,948 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1962013: 8,095 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,8452014: 8,409 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,2192015: 9,028 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,3452016: 8,835 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,2212017: 9,347 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1472018: 9,420 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0922019: 5,098 a game over 5 games; biggest 5,4052021: 5,816 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,0682022: 6,354 a game over 5 games; biggest 7,5992023: 6,873 a game over 8 games; biggest 9,4582024: 7,068 a game over 8 games; biggest 9,0622025: 6,872 a game over 7 games; biggest 9,1592026: 7,679 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,002200920112013201520172019202120232025

Biggest crowds on file

10,845South Dakota State at South Dakota2013
10,345South Dakota State at South Dakota2015
10,221Northern Iowa at South Dakota2016
10,219Northern Iowa at South Dakota2014
10,196Western Illinois at South Dakota2012

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 stadium’s history

Opened
1979
Architect
Fritzel, Kroeger
Griffin & Berg
Surface over the years
AstroTurf PureGrass (2012–present)
Renovated
2001, 2011–⁠2012, 2014–⁠2016, 2019–⁠2020

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, DakotaDome.

From above

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The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 130 by 130 meters (410 by 410 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026South Dakota 31, Southern Illinois 10
Oct 3, 2026South Dakota 44, Indiana State 14
Sep 12, 2026South Dakota 41, Eastern Washington 23
Aug 29, 2026South Dakota 59, Central Connecticut 20
Nov 29, 2025South Dakota 38, Drake 17
Nov 8, 2025South Dakota 24, South Dakota State 17
Nov 1, 2025South Dakota 26, North Dakota 21
Oct 25, 2025Illinois State 21, South Dakota 13
Oct 4, 2025South Dakota 49, Murray State 24
Sep 20, 2025South Dakota 42, Drake 21
Sep 13, 2025South Dakota 24, Northern Colorado 17
Dec 14, 2024South Dakota 35, UC Davis 21