Alamodome is a large capacity 64,000 capacity seating facility used as soccer, basketball, soccer, baseball stadiums and convention centers. It is located in the southeast suburb of Downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, built at a cost of US $ 186 million.
The multi-purpose facility is intended to increase city convention traffic and attract professional football franchises. It also eases the demands of the San Antonio Spurs for the bigger arena. Spurs played at Alamodome for a decade, then became disillusioned with the facilities and convinced Bexar County to build a new arena for them, now called AT & amp; T Center. The largest regular renter in Alamodome today is UTSA Roadrunners.
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Features
The facility is a rectangular 5-level stadium that can accommodate up to 64,000 spectators for a typical and expandable football game to accommodate 72,000 spectators, allowing the possibility of hosting the Super Bowl.
The stadium is designed to be easily converted into a basketball or hockey arena. Changing the stadium for basketball and hockey takes 12-18 hours to prepare a retractable seat and install a play surface. In this configuration, usually only two lower levels on one or both ends are used. The arena configuration holds 20,662 viewers, but can be expanded up to 39,500 when the top level is opened.
Alamodome opens with 38 luxury suites and 6,000 club level seats. The original design specifications call for 66 luxury suites. However, since Spurs were the only full-time tenant at the time, only 38 luxury suites at the north end of the facility were built. Footprints for 28 luxury suites that are not built are open floor space right behind club level chairs that surround the southern end of the facility. In 2006, Alamodome expanded to accommodate 14 new luxury suites. The Sports Club Club and Top of the Dome restaurant also received a renovation in 2004.
Alamodome has two permanent size Olympic ice rinks that can be used for NHL games, figure skating and speed skating. The facility also contains 30,000 square feet (2,800m 2 ) meeting space and 160,000 square feet (15,000m 2 ) of continuous exhibition space.
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Events and tenants
The Alamodome is currently home to the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Roadrunners. Previously, it was home to the San Antonio Spurs from the NBA from 1993 to 2002, and the San Antonio Texans from CFL in 1995. The stadium will be home to the San Antonio franchise of the Alliance of American Football (AAF) starting in February 2019.
The facility also hosts special events such as the annual Alamo Bowl football game, UTSA graduation ceremony, as well as most of the ISD high school graduation ceremonies at Northside.
Country high school playoff play games are regularly held at Alamodome, including championship matches in 2006, 2007 and 2009.
NBA Basket
The ability of Alamodome to easily accommodate basketball made it appealing to Spurs' current owners, Red McCombs, who had been looking for time for a bigger arena to replace their old home, HemisFair Arena. Spurs moved to Alamodome after the 1992-93 NBA season. They played nine seasons at Alamodome from 1993 to 2002, including their first NBA championship season, played against the New York Knicks in 1999.
During the regular season, most of the top levels are limited. However, on certain weekends and when popular opponents come to town, Spurs expand the capacity of Alamodome to 35,000 by opening three top-level parts. More parts of the top level opened for the playoffs, extending the capacity to 39,500. Attendance is 39,514 for Game 1 of 1999 NBA Finals and 39,554 for Game 2.
Although the late 1990s saw Spurs surging in popularity, a decision was made to move the team out of the vast stadium and build a new arena. While Alamodome has been designed to accommodate basketball, it's primarily a football stadium. As time goes by, the management and fans of Spurs are increasingly dissatisfied with the poor line of sight and broad feeling. Part of the problem is the way in which Alamodome is configured for basketball. The basketball court was at one end of the stands while standing on one side of the field, leaving more than half the stadium closed (similar problems and configurations occurred for the Detroit Pistons in the mid-1980s during their lease at Pontiac Silverdome). Television broadcast trucks are usually installed on half the unused surface. In comparison, more modern domed stadiums that can accommodate basketball, such as the AT & T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, place a basketball court in the middle where a soccer field will, allow for a much larger presence. In addition, Spurs tied Alamodome for much of winter and spring as they played deep playoffs (they only missed the playoffs once in their nine years there). With Alamodome posting well into April, it is difficult to accommodate conventions, concerts or even prospective football teams. Moving Spurs out of Alamodome opens a closer date allowing the facility to schedule more events, even though it has not yet hosted the Super Bowl. Spurs moved to the new SBC Center after the 2001-02 season.
The 1996 NBA All-Star Game was played at Alamodome.
College soccer
Valero Alamo Bowl
Alamodome is the annual Alamo Bowl venue, which matches the second choice team of the Pac-12 Conference and the Big 12 Conference. The Alamo Bowl 2006 between Texas Longhorns and Iowa Hawkeyes was attended by 65,875, which set the record-room crowd for sporting events, only to have a record broken by the next year's Alamo Bowl event between Texas A & M and Penn Negara, which attracted 66,166 participants.
Corps Classic
September 16, 2006, marked the first game in the "home and home" college football series, known as AT & amp; T Corps Classic, between Texas A & amp; M Aggies and Army Black Knights. The Army has chosen to play a "home" game at Alamodome to increase program exposure across the nation, as it competes as independently. The crowd sold 64,583 watching the Aggies defeat the Black Knights 28-24. The second game was played at Kyle Field in College Station in 2008.
East-West Temple game
The 2006 East-West Shrine Game was played at Alamodome on January 21, 2006. This game is a college football game throughout the annual post-season season. For much of its history, this game has been played in the San Francisco Bay Area, at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium and at Stanford Stadium. In recent years it has been played on AT & amp; T Park. In 2006, the game was played at Alamodome, moving out of the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time in decades. The Shrine Game was moved once again for the 2007 event, to Robertson Stadium in Houston.
Texas Football Classic
From 1999 to 2011, Alamodome has become home to the Texas Football Classic, which started the high school football season in Texas. Now in its 13th year, the show has grown to five games, featuring high school programs from across the state. Former participants include former Chicago Bears and University of Texas re-run Cedric Benson, University Drate quarterback Tate Drew Tate, University of Houston midfielder Kevin Kolb and Chase University midfielder Daniel Chase.
AS. Army All-American Bowl
US Army All-American Bowl is played every January. This bowl game features 80 high school football players in the vs. Eastern match. West and broadcast by NBC. It also includes the US Army Marching Band, 125 best musicians and members of the national guard who auditioned for 8 months before the bowl match. The first All American Bowl game that included a marching band performance at half time was in 2008. Previous games have included players such as Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Adrian Peterson, Brady Quinn, and Tim Tebow. The inaugural game was played on December 30, 2000, at Highlander Stadium at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas. The bowl game was then moved to San Antonio, where the 2002 game was played in front of the Alamo Stadium crowd. Game 2003 was moved to Alamodome, where it has been played ever since.
Texas vs. Nation
In 2011, the vs. Texas game. The Nation was moved to San Antonio and renamed NFLPA Game, after the new sponsor of the event. The NFLPA Game concept remains "Texas vs. the Nation" with seniors who have relationships with the state of Texas by taking senior seniors from across the Nation. The game was moved from Alamodome after the 2011 game and ends together in 2013.
UTSA Roadrunners
UTSA Roadrunners football program began using the stadium in 2011. Roadrunners set the biggest attendance record in the opening match to start NCAA college football program at 56,743, and the largest average attendance for the first season of start-up program at 35,521. With a total capacity of 72,000 for football, Alamodome is currently the largest soccer stadium in the USA Conference.
Professional football
NFL
The Alamodome has played host to six preseason games of the National Football League. Two each played in 1993 and 1994, one in 1995, and one in 2001.
- August 7, 1993 - Houston Oilers (28) vs. New Orleans Saints (37) - Attendance: 40,308
- August 21, 1993 - Dallas Cowboys (20) vs. Houston Oilers (23) - Attendance: 63285
- August 6, 1994 - Houston Oilers (31) vs. San Diego Chargers (3) - Attendance: 29815
- August 20, 1994 - Buffalo Bills (18) vs. Houston Oilers (16) - Attendance: 40,504
- August 26, 1995 - Dallas Cowboys (10) vs. Houston Oilers (0) - Attendance: 52,512
- August 11, 2001 - Minnesota Vikings (28) vs. New Orleans Saints (21) - Attendance: 46,752
In 2005, the NFL announced that Alamodome will host three regular-season "home" games of the New Orleans Saints due to damage caused by the Louisiana Superdome by Hurricane Katrina. The Saints play Buffalo Bills (week 4), Atlanta Falcons (week 6), and Detroit Lions (week 16) at Alamodome. While there have been many NFL preseason games held in San Antonio for years, these games are the first regular seasonal NFL game played in the city. The Saints also played the 2005 season's "home" games at the Giants Stadium (against New York Giants) in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and four others at LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Overall, the Saints averaged 62,665 fans at Alamodome 64,000 seats for the three games held there, showing solid despite the short notice to sell tickets due to the storm. The Saints and NFL announced that the team would return to Louisiana for the 2006 season even though at the time the NFL was not sure where they would play their home game.
- October 2, 2005 - Buffalo Bills (7) vs. New Orleans Saints (19) - Attendance: 58,688
- October 16, 2005 - Atlanta Falcons (34) versus New Orleans Saints (31) - Attendance: 65,562 (attendance sets facility records for sporting events at the time; it has subsequently been exceeded by two Alamo Bowl events, but is still a record for professional soccer event at Alamodome)
- December 24, 2005 - Detroit Lions (13) vs. New Orleans Saints (12) - Attendance: 63,747
In addition, former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue points out that if the NFL expands again, San Antonio will be on a short list of candidate cities. The cowboy owner, Jerry Jones, has acknowledged his support for the city's efforts to be home to the NFL franchise even though public opinion is that he will never let go of his team's presence in the San Antonio market.
Dallas Cowboys held their pre-season training camp in 2002, 2003, 2007, 2009, 2010, and 2011 at Alamodome.
On July 29, 2014, it was reported by San Antonio Express-News that Mark Davis met with officials from the city of San Antonio, Texas, to discuss the possibility of relocating the Raiders to San Antonio. Davis confirmed that he was speaking with San Antonio city officials while visiting San Antonio in honor of former recipients of wide raiders of Cliff Branch induction into the local Hall of Fame, but did not comment whether he was considering relocating to San Antonio. If the Raiders had moved to San Antonio, Alamodome would almost certainly be used as a temporary home until a newly built NFL stadium. The Raiders decided not to move to San Antonio, first proposed unsuccessful to return home earlier in Los Angeles, then finally received permission to move to Las Vegas in 2020. In September 2017, San Antonio was identified as a potential temporary home for the Raiders. if they are expelled from their current stadium, the Oakland Coliseum, before their new Las Vegas stadium is over.
Canadian football and soccer arena
Alamodome is also home to the San Antonio Texans for the 1995 CFL season. The stadium appealed to the Canadian Football League (which made an unlucky attempt to expand into the US between 1993 and 1995) because it is one of America's rare facilities that can fully accommodate the CFL playing field which is bigger and, just recently opened, is one of the most modern facilities in the league where the majority of teams play in stadiums that are decades old or less fit. Seats can be pulled to fit 65 yards wide and 150 meters long from Canadian football field rules.
In the first CFL playoff game ever played between two US-based franchises, the Texas troops beat Birmingham Barracudas 52-9 at Alamodome on 5 November. The team then lost to the eventual champion, Baltimore Stallions 21-11 in Baltimore on 11 November. The Texas nation folded after the 1995 season; teams have an honorable presence and manageable financial losses, but widespread dysfunction among most of the rest of the league leads to team death. As a result, the November 11 game is the last meaningful CFL game that has been played in the United States.
From 2012 to 2014, Alamodome is home to the San Antonio Talons of the Arena Football League, which moved from Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2011.
College basket
The Four Final NCAA was first held at Alamodome in 1998, Kentucky won the tournament. Then in 2004, it was hosted when Connecticut beat Georgia Tech in a championship game. It was again held in 2008, with Kansas beating Memphis. Final Four returns in 2018, though this time in the new NCAA 'court center' standard setup where all seats are used and courts are appointed, allowing a crowd of over 70,000.
Alamodome also hosted the NCAA Women Final Basketball tournament in 2002 and 2010, and the 2011 Women's Volleyball Ball final of the NCAA.
Other NCAA events played at the facility include 1997, 1999 and 2007 Big 12 Football Championship Games.
Baseball
Since 2013, the Texas Rangers have played several exhibition matches at Alamodome to seal their spring training camp, the first time a baseball has been played at Alamodome. They play San Diego Padres in 2013, Houston Astros in 2014, Los Angeles Dodgers in 2015 and Kansas City Royals in 2016. Cleveland Indians in 2017.
Soccer
Due to San Antonio's closeness to Mexico, Alamodome has hosted Mexican soccer teams in various events since the mid-2000s alongside American teams.
Mexico's national football team first played at Alamodome on June 19, 2004, in a FIFA World Cup qualifier, defeating Dominica 10-0 ahead of 37,642 fans. Mexico returns on November 10 for an exhibition match against Guatemala, winning 2-0 in front of 22,000 fans. Mexico played an exhibition match against South Korea on January 29, 2014, attended by 54,313 people. The exhibition match between Mexico and the United States on April 15, 2015, sold out the stadium, attracting a crowd of 64,369. The US won the match 2-0, thanks to goals from Jordan Morris and Juan Agudelo. The match was undermined by Mexico's displeasure with a temporary grass court laid out on the Alamodome floor, described as "uneven" and "full of patches".
The US women's national football team played an exhibition match against Trinidad and Tobago at Alamodome on December 11, 2015, as part of their "Victory Tour" after the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. The match was attended by 10,690 people.
The Alamodome was announced as the host for doubleheader at the CONCACAF 2017 Gold Cup, and hosted the double-header on July 16, 2017, between Mexico and CuraÃÆ'§ao and El Salvador and Jamaica.
Two games in the 2005 InterLiga series were played at Alamodome on January 6, 2005, featuring club clubs Mexico, Club AmÃÆ'Â © rica, Chiapas F.C., Deportivo Toluca F.C., and Club Necaxa. Club AmÃÆ' Â © rica returns for an exhibition match against Santos Laguna on July 9, 2016.
Alamodome will be the venue for Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise planned in 2005, but the league can not reach an agreement with the city. The new expansion offer plans to use Toyota Field, a soccer-only stadium used by San Antonio FC, for the MLS team, not Alamodome.
Other sports
The 1993 US Olympic Festival held some of the first paid events at Alamodome in July and August 1993, including opening and closing ceremonies and ice skating events.
Now the dead San Antonio Dragons of the International Hockey League played several games in 1997 and 1998 at Alamodome when his home, Freeman Coliseum, was not available during the San Antonio Stock Show & amp; Rodeo (a similar scheduling conflict that Spurs now face in the new AT & amp; T Center). The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) have held two events Built Ford Tough Series at Alamodome (2007, 2008).
Two NHL pre-season games are held at Alamodome. The Dallas Stars faced against the Los Angeles Kings in the back-to-back season at Alamodome in 1994 and 1995. The Stars defeated The Kings 3-2 on September 27, 1994, with 14,342 fans in attendance (interestingly, this was one of the last hockey game that took place prior to the NHL 1994-95 lockout). The following year Dallas claimed a 4-2 victory over the Kings in front of 8,122 hockey fans on 26 September 1995. Hockey Hall of Fame forward Wayne Gretzky participated in a pre-season game.
In college football, Notre Dame has played two Shamrock Series games (home-away-from-home) here against Washington State in 2009 and Army in 2016.
Music
After the opening ceremony, the first major event held at the facility was Paul McCartney's The New World Tour concert, which took place on 29 May 1993.
The Alamodome has played host to music festivals, including Ozzfest. It also hosts concerts for artists such as Britney Spears, * NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, and more.
Every summer, Drum Corps International organizes DCI San Antonio - Southwest Championship at Alamodome.
Alamodome also hosts the American Super-Regional Championships every year in November, as well as the Inter-Country Marching Band Contest of the Kecholastic League University.
More events
Gregory Nava chose Alamodome as a stand-in for Astrodome for his 1997 biopic film Selena .
From 5 July to 16 July 2006, Alamodome hosted the ELCA Youth Meeting. About 40,000 youth and adult leaders attended the event, between the two weeks it spread.
1993 World Boxing Championship match between WBC Welterweight champion Pernell Whitaker and challenger Julio CÃÆ'Â © sar ChÃÆ'¡vez Sr. arrested in Alamodome. Also, the 2013 fight between Canelo Alvarez and Austin Trout was held at Alamodome.
The Alamodome menyelenggarakan Sesi General Conference General of Seventh-day Adventists.
The Alamodome hosted a WWE Royal Rumble pay-per-view event on January 29, 2017, a week after the start of the East FS1 Monster Jam Championship series.
Remodeling
On April 15, 2005, the San Antonio City Council chose to spend nearly $ 6.5 million to renovate Alamodome in an effort to lure Major League Soccer franchise to the city. After the election of Phil Hardberger as the new mayor, the efforts were abandoned, although renovations approved for the facility will continue as planned. The city authorities and local business leaders have refocused their efforts to bring the NFL franchise to San Antonio.
On April 19, 2007, the San Antonio City Council unanimously approved an additional $ 8.3 million to fund renovations and upgrades.
In the summer of 2008 the audio system was upgraded.
In 2009 new LED video panels were added to level 5.
Although when Alamodome was built it was the ideal state-of-the-art NFL stadium, by today's standards, the facility must undergo renovations and add a large number of luxury suites to make it a lucrative place for the NFL team. Preliminary estimates mention the cost of repairs reaching $ 100-150 million.
In September 2010, Alamodome inaugurated a new seating configuration called the Illusions Theater, which occupies the northern half of the stadium. This setting uses curtains that are turned on by the LED fixtures to create a smaller feel space for concerts, comedy, and other small actions. Seating floors can be configured to accommodate up to 1,000 seats with plaza, club, and upper deck seating levels added as needed to provide up to 15,000 seats.
In 2016, the San Antonio City Council approved a $ 50 million increase to modernize facilities to stay competitive for NCAA events. These improvements include a new media center, upgrades to locker rooms, expanded concourses and additional concessions, 4 new video screens and 5 level ribbon wrapping boards, new sound systems, and other technology upgrades, and enhanced lighting.
Record crowd
Top 10 natural sports at Alamodome (as of April 2, 2018):
Other notable presence signs include:
- 70,956 George Strait's 2013 Cowboy Rides Away Tour
- 60,447: 1997 WWF Royal Rumble
- 58,891: 1993 Julio CÃÆ'Ã… © sar ChÃÆ'¡vez-Pernell Whitaker boxing match
- 56,743: Northeastern State vs. game UTSA regular season (record for highest game attended for NCAA Division I FCS early program)
- 54,313: International Football 2014, Mexico vs. South Korea
- 53.407: 2009 Notre Dame vs. regular football matches in Washington state.
- 52.020: 2017 WWE Royal Rumble
- 48,709: New World Tour Concert of 1996 Paul McCartney
- 45.343: WorldWired Tour Metallica concert of 2017
- 44,468: 2004 Championship Final Championships Four Men NCAA, Georgia Tech vs. Connecticut (facility notes for basketball)
- 44.000: 1999 Black Sabbath Reunion Tour 99, opening: Pantera and Incubus
- 43,257: 2008 NCAA Men's National Championship Game, Kansas Jayhawks vs. Memphis Tigers
- 40,509: 1998 Final Championship Game Four NCAA Players, Utah vs. Kentucky
- 39,554: NBA Finals 1999 (Game 2), New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs
- 36,451: CONCACAF FIFA World Cup Qualifying Round 2, Dominica vs. Mexico
- 36.037: NBA All-Star 1996 Game
- 35.000: 1997 Film Selena , starring Jennifer Lopez. The centerpiece concert sequence is the recreation of singer Houston Astrodome who was singled by singer of the fall of Selena.
- 29.619: Final Women's Four Women's NCAA Championship Game, Oklahoma vs. Connecticut (the largest participant for the NCAA women's basketball game)
- 22,043: Canadian Football: 1995 Stampeders Calgary vs. San Antonio Texans
- 19,211: Hockey: 1997 Phoenix Roadrunners vs. San Antonio Dragons
See also
- List of NCAA Division I football stadiums
References
External links
- Official Site Alamodome
- Official Alamo Bowl Website
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