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Georgia Dome

Georgia Dome in Atlanta, GA. Capacity 74,228. Opened 1992.

Capacity
74,228
Opened
1992
Surface
Artificial turf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
995 ft
College GameDay
eight times

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 Georgia Dome by season, 2001 to 201620k40k60k80k100k2001: 78,945 a game over 2 games; biggest 86,0632002: 71,583 a game over 2 games; biggest 74,8352003: 73,408 a game over 3 games; biggest 75,1252004: 70,642 a game over 3 games; biggest 74,8922005: 67,523 a game over 4 games; biggest 74,4592006: 68,888 a game over 3 games; biggest 75,4062007: 68,412 a game over 3 games; biggest 74,4132008: 72,471 a game over 3 games; biggest 75,8922009: 69,049 a game over 4 games; biggest 75,5142010: 38,163 a game over 9 games; biggest 75,8022011: 33,168 a game over 8 games; biggest 73,6142012: 35,390 a game over 11 games; biggest 75,6242013: 32,831 a game over 11 games; biggest 75,6322014: 32,458 a game over 11 games; biggest 73,5262015: 31,786 a game over 10 games; biggest 75,3202016: 34,775 a game over 10 games; biggest 75,99620012003200520072009201120132015

Biggest crowds on file

86,063Tennessee at LSU2001
75,996Washington at Alabama2016
75,892Alabama at Florida2008
75,802Auburn at South Carolina2010
75,632Missouri at Auburn2013

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 Georgia Dome eight times, first in 2003.

Dec 1, 2012Alabama 32, Georgia 28Centennial Olympic Park
Sep 4, 2010LSU 30, North Carolina 24Centennial Olympic Park
Dec 5, 2009Alabama 32, Florida 13
Sep 5, 2009Alabama 34, Virginia Tech 24Centennial Olympic Park
Dec 6, 2008Florida 31, Alabama 20
Aug 30, 2008Alabama 34, Clemson 10Centennial Olympic Park
Dec 4, 2004Auburn 38, Tennessee 28
Dec 6, 2003LSU 34, Georgia 13

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

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

Recent games here

Dec 31, 20161Alabama 24, 4Washington 7
Dec 17, 2016Grambling 10, North Carolina Central 9
Dec 3, 20161Alabama 54, 15Florida 16
Nov 19, 2016Georgia State 30, Georgia Southern 24
Nov 12, 2016UL Monroe 37, Georgia State 23
Nov 3, 2016Arkansas State 31, Georgia State 16
Oct 22, 2016Georgia State 31, UT Martin 6
Oct 8, 2016Georgia State 41, Texas State 21
Sep 3, 201618Georgia 33, 22North Carolina 24
Sep 2, 2016Ball State 31, Georgia State 21
Dec 31, 201514Houston 38, 9Florida State 24
Dec 19, 2015North Carolina A&T 41, Alcorn State 34