War Memorial Stadium (Laramie, Wyoming)
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War Memorial Stadium, also known as Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.
Full name | Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium |
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Former names | War Memorial Stadium |
Address | E Grand Ave & N 22nd St |
Location | University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming, U.S. |
Coordinates | 41.312°N 105.568°W / 41.312; -105.568 |
Elevation | 7,220 feet (2,200 m) AMSL |
Owner | University of Wyoming |
Operator | University of Wyoming |
Capacity | 30,181 |
Record attendance | 34,745 (vs. Colorado State, 1997) |
Surface | FieldTurf (2013–present) Desso turf (2005–2012) Natural grass (1950–2004) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | August 15, 1949 (grounds) March 1, 1950 (building) |
Opened | September 16, 1950; 73 years ago (1950-09-16) |
Renovated | 2004, 2010 |
Expanded | 1970, 1977 |
Construction cost | $1.53 million ($19.4 million in 2024[1]) (combined with Fieldhouse) $50 million+ (2009-2010 upgrades) |
Architect | Porter & Bradley |
General contractor | The Spiegelberg Lumber and Building Company |
Tenants | |
Wyoming Cowboys (NCAA) (1950–present) |
The home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference in NCAA Division I FBS, it is the largest stadium in the state, and its only college football venue. The field is named after a natural gas field at the Green River Basin in Sublette County.
At an elevation of 7,220 feet (2,200 m) above sea level, War Memorial is the highest FBS stadium, followed by the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium at 6,621 feet (2,018 m), near Colorado Springs.[2] Between them, at 6,880 feet (2,097 m), is the Walkup Skydome of FCS Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.