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The Loud House

JMA Wireless Dome

JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY, home of Syracuse. Capacity 49,057. Opened September 20, 1980.

JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, NY
JMA Wireless Dome, Syracuse, NYPhoto: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
49,057
Opened
1980
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
534 ft
Home team
Syracuse
Syracuse here
84–⁠76 games on file since 2001

Since it opened: Syracuse is 170–⁠113–⁠2 in home games from the 1980 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 JMA Wireless Dome by season, 2001 to 202620k30k40k50k60k2001: 40,901 a game over 5 games; biggest 45,0632002: 42,259 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,2392003: 41,167 a game over 7 games; biggest 48,1702004: 37,032 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,3592005: 40,252 a game over 6 games; biggest 45,4182006: 37,263 a game over 6 games; biggest 41,8702007: 35,009 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,3292008: 33,474 a game over 6 games; biggest 45,7952009: 39,043 a game over 8 games; biggest 48,6172010: 40,093 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,1912011: 39,336 a game over 5 games; biggest 42,1522012: 37,953 a game over 5 games; biggest 40,3942013: 38,277 a game over 6 games; biggest 48,9612014: 40,447 a game over 6 games; biggest 43,2952015: 32,102 a game over 7 games; biggest 43,1012016: 32,805 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,8422017: 33,931 a game over 7 games; biggest 42,4752018: 37,043 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,7972019: 42,164 a game over 6 games; biggest 50,2482021: 32,461 a game over 7 games; biggest 38,5542022: 40,828 a game over 7 games; biggest 49,8612023: 36,869 a game over 6 games; biggest 42,5232024: 39,130 a game over 7 games; biggest 43,4552025: 38,605 a game over 6 games; biggest 44,4512026: 34,644 a game over 2 games; biggest 36,031200120062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

50,248Clemson at Syracuse2019
49,861Notre Dame at Syracuse2022
49,705NC State at Syracuse2022
48,961Clemson at Syracuse2013
48,617Minnesota at Syracuse2009

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 game days

Hottest game days

Snow on game day

Game days: the day’s high and snowfall at the NOAA station nearest the stadium, for Syracuse’s home games before 2004 (NOAA GHCN-Daily, public domain).

The stadium’s history

Also known as
The Loud House
The Dome
Former names
Carrier Dome (1980–⁠2022)
Opened
September 20, 1980
Architect
Finch-Heery
Hueber Hares Glavin
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2005–present)
AstroTurf (1980–⁠2004)
Record crowd
Football: 50,564 (September 20, 1980)
Basketball: 35,642 (February 23, 2019)

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, JMA Wireless Dome.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 190 by 160 meters (610 by 510 feet). Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Statues

Statues: Wikidata (CC0) and Wikimedia Commons: statues placed at the stadium or within a few hundred meters of it. Names link to their pages here; each statue links to its record there.

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Louisville 34, Syracuse 26
Sep 12, 2026California 21, Syracuse 18
Sep 5, 2026Syracuse 66, New Hampshire 3
Nov 29, 2025Boston College 34, Syracuse 12
Oct 31, 2025North Carolina 27, Syracuse 10
Oct 18, 2025Pittsburgh 30, Syracuse 13
Sep 27, 2025Duke 38, Syracuse 3
Sep 12, 2025Syracuse 66, Colgate 24
Sep 6, 2025Syracuse 27, UConn 20
Nov 30, 2024Syracuse 42, 8Miami 38
Nov 23, 2024Syracuse 31, UConn 24
Nov 2, 2024Syracuse 38, Virginia Tech 31

Pouring rights

Coca-Cola has the stadium’s soft-drink pouring rights, on record since 2025. Official source.