Alamodome
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| The Alamodome photographed from the Tower of the Americas in November 2014 | |
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| place | 100 Montana Street San Antonio , Texas 78203
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| Coordinates | 29 ° 25 '0.8 " N , 98 ° 28' 44" W |
| owner | City of San Antonio |
| operator | City of San Antonio (Convention and Sports Facilities Department; Convention and Visitors Bureau) |
| start of building | 5th November 1990 |
| opening | May 15, 1993 |
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Concrete parquet artificial turf ice surface |
| costs | 186 million US dollars |
| architect | Populous |
| capacity | 65,000 seats ( football ; expandable to 72,000 seats) 20,662 seats ( basketball ; expandable to 39,500 seats) 52,295 seats ( baseball ) 36,000 seats ( ice hockey ) 40,000 seats ( boxing ) 59,000 seats ( Canadian football ) 30,000 to 77,000 seats ( concert ) |
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The Alamodome is a multi-purpose indoor arena in the US city of San Antonio , Texas . The building was opened in 1993 and is mainly used as a football and basketball stadium, as well as an exhibition hall. The audience capacity for football games is 65,000, but can be expanded to 72,000.
history
The Alamodome was built to provide a larger venue for the owners of the San Antonio Spurs ( NBA ). With the construction of a multifunctional hall, the aim was also to attract more conventions and a professional football team. After ten years, however, the Spurs became dissatisfied with the stadium and convinced Bexar County to build them a new arena. You are now playing there at the AT&T Center .
The Alamodome is currently used by the UTSA Roadrunners of the University of Texas at San Antonio , the UTSA Roadrunners, as the home of their football team. The first NCAA championship game took place on September 3, 2011.
Events
The Alamodome is the venue for the annual Alamo Bowl , which is usually played between the fourth-choice teams of the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference . The previous record attendance for a sporting event at the stadium was achieved in 2007 when the game between Texas A&M and Penn State drew 66,166 spectators. In June 2013, George Strait gave a concert in front of 73,086 people at the Alamodome. This was the highest number of visitors to the stadium to date.
In 1998, 2004 and 2008 the Final Four of the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship took place at the Alamodome. In 2002 and 2010, the Final Four of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship was held at the Alamodome.
There were also some concerts in the Alamodome. Paul McCartney gave the first concert on May 29, 1993. On November 23, 1997 U2 gave a concert here as part of their Popmart Tour . Britney Spears performed on her Oops! ... I Did It Again World Tour on July 20, 2000 and again on July 15, 2002 on her Dream Within a Dream Tour .
The 30th WWE Royal Rumble took place on January 29, 2017 in front of 52,020 spectators at the Alamodome.
The Alamodome was one of the venues for the CONCACAF Gold Cup 2017 .
See also
Web links
- alamodome.com: Official website of the Alamodome (English)
- alamobowl.com: Alamo Bowl (English)
- basketball.ballparks.com: Alamodome (English)
- stadiumdb.com: Alamodome (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ alamodome.com: record attendance ( memento from January 11, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Alamodome (English)
- ^ Royal Rumble returns to Alamodome for the first time in 20 years. Retrieved October 2, 2016 .