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Walkup Skydome

Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, AZ, home of Northern Arizona. Capacity 10,000. Opened September 17, 1977.

Walkup Skydome in Flagstaff, AZ
Walkup Skydome, Flagstaff, AZPhoto: Northern Arizona University, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1977
Surface
FieldTurf
Roof
Dome
Elevation
6,883 ft
Northern Arizona here
70–⁠34 games on file since 2003

Since it opened: Northern Arizona is 71–⁠36 in home games from the 1977 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 Walkup Skydome by season, 2003 to 20260k5k10k15k2003: 9,011 a game over 1 games; biggest 9,0112006: 5,862 a game over 3 games; biggest 7,3622007: 7,454 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,8312008: 7,980 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,1572009: 6,118 a game over 2 games; biggest 7,2122010: 7,398 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,1552011: 6,277 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,3042013: 7,574 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,6402014: 8,226 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,5452015: 7,501 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,6812016: 7,910 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,1792017: 6,571 a game over 7 games; biggest 10,4202018: 7,036 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0002019: 6,510 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,0262021: 7,384 a game over 4 games; biggest 9,7132022: 7,635 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,4172023: 7,235 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,7132024: 7,611 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2322025: 8,008 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,0072026: 8,698 a game over 3 games; biggest 9,45720032008201320182023

Biggest crowds on file

12,640Montana at Northern Arizona2013
12,155Montana State at Northern Arizona2010
11,545Cal Poly at Northern Arizona2014
10,420Illinois State at Northern Arizona2017
10,179Eastern Washington at Northern Arizona2016

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

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

The stadium’s history

Former names
NAU Skydome (1977–⁠1979)
Opened
September 17, 1977
Architect
Rossman and Partners
Surface over the years
FieldTurf (2002–present)
AstroTurf (1977–⁠2001)
Renovated
2010–⁠2011

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Walkup Skydome.

From above

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

Recent games here

Oct 17, 2026Northern Arizona 38, Portland State 25
Oct 10, 2026Northern Arizona 49, Montana 44
Sep 12, 2026Northern Arizona 38, Incarnate Word 28
Aug 29, 2026Northern Arizona 34, Eastern Washington 27
Nov 15, 2025Northern Arizona 35, Cal Poly 27
Nov 8, 2025Northern Arizona 49, Northern Colorado 10
Oct 31, 2025Idaho 35, Northern Arizona 32
Oct 4, 2025Montana State 34, Northern Arizona 10
Sep 20, 2025Northern Arizona 31, Incarnate Word 23
Sep 6, 2025Northern Arizona 38, Utah Tech 31
Nov 23, 2024Northern Arizona 30, Eastern Washington 18
Nov 2, 2024Northern Arizona 27, Weber State 6