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Kidd Brewer Stadium

Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, NC, home of App State. Capacity 30,000. Opened September 15, 1962.

Capacity
30,000
Opened
1962
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
3,252 ft
Home team
App State
App State here
126–⁠24 games on file since 2003
College GameDay
once

Since it opened: App State is 155–⁠45–⁠3 in home games from the 1971 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, 2003 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 Kidd Brewer Stadium by season, 2003 to 202610k20k30k40k50k2003: 14,661 a game over 5 games; biggest 19,4212004: 13,556 a game over 6 games; biggest 19,7772005: 18,352 a game over 6 games; biggest 25,5842006: 20,859 a game over 8 games; biggest 26,6202007: 24,229 a game over 8 games; biggest 28,8022008: 25,858 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,7182009: 24,004 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,0982010: 27,145 a game over 7 games; biggest 31,5312011: 28,031 a game over 6 games; biggest 30,6222012: 26,352 a game over 7 games; biggest 30,8562013: 24,894 a game over 6 games; biggest 29,1452014: 23,166 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,0582015: 21,459 a game over 6 games; biggest 26,1302016: 26,153 a game over 6 games; biggest 34,6582017: 25,787 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,1262018: 21,953 a game over 6 games; biggest 27,0822019: 23,806 a game over 7 games; biggest 29,1822020: 2,118 a game over 4 games; biggest 2,1702021: 30,441 a game over 7 games; biggest 36,7522022: 33,566 a game over 7 games; biggest 40,1682023: 34,734 a game over 6 games; biggest 40,1682024: 34,623 a game over 5 games; biggest 36,2322025: 31,813 a game over 6 games; biggest 35,0212026: 29,657 a game over 3 games; biggest 33,66420032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

40,168East Carolina at App State2023
40,168North Carolina at App State2022
36,752East Carolina at App State2021
36,232East Tennessee State at App State2024
36,075Gardner-Webb at App State2023

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 Kidd Brewer Stadium once, first in 2022.

Sep 17, 2022App State 32, Troy 28Sanford Mall

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

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Snow at kickoff

Coldest game days before 2004

Hottest game days before 2004

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
Conrad Stadium (1962–⁠1988)
Opened
September 15, 1962
Architect
Walter Robbs Callahan and Pierce (expansions)
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2003–present)
Astroturf (1970–⁠2002)
Grass (1962–⁠1969)
Expanded
1978, 1995, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011-12, 2016, 2019-20
Renovated
1999, 2001, 2003, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2017
Record crowd
40,168

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Kidd Brewer Stadium.

From above

50 mN ↑
The stadium’s footprint, north up: about 200 by 210 meters (670 by 700 feet), the field in green. Outline from OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Recent games here

Oct 10, 2026Old Dominion 10, App State 3
Sep 19, 2026App State 26, Charlotte 21
Sep 5, 2026App State 55, Maine 3
Nov 29, 2025Arkansas State 30, App State 29
Nov 22, 2025App State 26, Marshall 24
Nov 6, 2025Georgia Southern 25, App State 23
Oct 18, 2025Coastal Carolina 45, App State 37
Oct 4, 2025App State 27, Oregon State 23
Sep 6, 2025App State 20, Lindenwood 13
Nov 23, 2024App State 34, James Madison 20
Nov 2, 2024App State 28, Old Dominion 20
Oct 26, 2024App State 33, Georgia State 26

Around the stadium

Playing surface
AstroTurf · Single source
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

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