Fargodome

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Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome
The Fargodome (2009)
The Fargodome (2009)
Data
place 1800 North University Drive Fargo , North Dakota 58102
United StatesUnited States
Coordinates 46 ° 54 '10.6 "  N , 96 ° 48' 5.8"  W Coordinates: 46 ° 54 '10.6 "  N , 96 ° 48' 5.8"  W.
owner City of Fargo
operator Global spectrum
start of building April 26, 1990
opening December 12, 1992
surface Concrete
synthetic grass
ice
parquet
PVC - flooring
ground
costs 48 million US dollars
architect Sink, Combs, Dethlefs, Triebwasser, Helenske & Associates
capacity 19,000 seats (college football)
10,000 seats (basketball)
25,000 seats (concerts)
3,500 (Gate City Bank Theater)
Societies)
Events
  • Dakota Bowl

The Fargodome (full name: Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome ) is a multi-purpose hall in the US city ​​of Fargo in the state of North Dakota . The College Football -Mannschaft the North Dakota State University , the NDSU Bison ( Missouri Valley Football Conference ), uses the system for their home games.

history

The Fargodome at a game in December 2014

Construction on the university campus began on April 26, 1990. The Fargodome opened on December 12, 1992. It offers a maximum of 25,000 spectators. There are 19,000 seats available for college football games and 10,000 seats for basketball games. The arena is mainly used for sporting events. Furthermore find concerts , musicals , exhibitions and family shows such as Disney on Ice, the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus , the Harlem Globetrotters , Cirque du Soleil , USHRA Monster Jam , WWE - and WCW - Wrestling events instead. The Dakota Bowl, the football finals of the North Dakota High School Activities Association (NDHSAA), has been held in the Fargodome since 1993 . With the opening of the Alerus Center in Grand Forks since 2002, games have been held alternately in the two stadiums.

In the spring of 2009, the Red River of the North caused floods . The level in Fargo was 40.32 feet (around 12.29 meters), the highest level in 112 years. In the Fargodome, residents and volunteers filled sandbags for flood protection.

gallery

  • The sand for the sandbags is approached.

  • Local residents and volunteers at work

  • On March 29, 2009 over 300,000 sandbags were filled.

Concerts (selection)

The following artists and bands appeared in the Fargodome.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mprnews.org: Red River tops historic marker, undermines dike article from March 27, 2009 (English)
  2. ↑ setlist.fm: concert list of the Fargodome (English)