Gesa Field

Gesa Field in Pullman, WA, home of Washington State. Capacity 32,952. Opened September 30, 1972.

Gesa Field in Pullman, WA
Gesa Field, Pullman, WAPhoto: Spicypepper999, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
32,952
Opened
1972
Surface
FieldTurf:
Roof
Open air
Elevation
2,539 ft
Washington State here
85–⁠61 games on file since 2001
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: Washington State is 168–⁠138–⁠2 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.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Gesa Field by season, 2001 to 20260k20k40k60k80k2001: 31,105 a game over 5 games; biggest 35,2832002: 38,131 a game over 7 games; biggest 63,5882003: 33,331 a game over 5 games; biggest 35,1172004: 39,144 a game over 5 games; biggest 56,1882005: 31,802 a game over 4 games; biggest 35,1172006: 33,557 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,1172007: 30,396 a game over 5 games; biggest 35,1172008: 27,367 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,2112009: 25,909 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,9122010: 24,532 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,1572011: 24,705 a game over 5 games; biggest 30,8432012: 30,252 a game over 5 games; biggest 33,5982013: 27,666 a game over 5 games; biggest 31,9552014: 30,794 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,9522015: 29,407 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,9522016: 31,592 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,7732017: 31,982 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,7732018: 30,091 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,1522019: 28,541 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,9522021: 23,960 a game over 7 games; biggest 26,1712022: 26,185 a game over 7 games; biggest 33,1522023: 28,023 a game over 6 games; biggest 33,1112024: 22,413 a game over 6 games; biggest 27,3722025: 26,527 a game over 6 games; biggest 32,9522026: 26,221 a game over 3 games; biggest 28,288200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

63,588Nevada at Washington State2002
56,188Colorado at Washington State2004
42,912Hawai’i at Washington State2009
37,600Washington at Washington State2002
37,600Oregon at Washington State2002

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 Gesa Field once, first in 2018.

Oct 20, 2018Washington State 34, Oregon 20Across from Cougar Pride statue

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

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

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 30, 1972
Architect
Naramore Bain Brady & Johanson
Surface over the years
FieldTurf: (2000–present)
Omniturf: (1990–⁠1999)
SuperTurf: (1979–⁠1989)
AstroTurf: (1972–⁠1978)
Expanded
1975: north grandstand
1979: track removed
2012: premium seating
Renovated
1975, 1979, 1999
2006, 2012

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Gesa Field.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 200 by 200 meters (660 by 650 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 3, 2026Fresno State 26, Washington State 6
Sep 26, 2026Arizona 34, Washington State 24
Sep 19, 2026Washington State 48, Duquesne 7
Nov 29, 2025Washington State 32, Oregon State 8
Nov 15, 2025Washington State 28, Louisiana Tech 3
Oct 25, 2025Washington State 28, Toledo 7
Sep 20, 2025Washington 59, Washington State 24
Sep 6, 2025Washington State 36, San Diego State 13
Aug 30, 2025Washington State 13, Idaho 10
Nov 30, 2024Wyoming 15, Washington State 14
Nov 9, 202420Washington State 49, Utah State 28
Oct 19, 2024Washington State 42, Hawai’i 10

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. Official source.