Rice–Eccles Stadium

Rice–Eccles Stadium is a stadium in Salt Lake City, United States that opened in 1927. Its recorded capacity is 54,383.

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Rice–Eccles Stadium
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Key facts

Rice–Eccles Stadium is a stadium in Salt Lake City, United States that opened in 1927. Its recorded capacity is 54,383. It is owned by University of Utah and University of Utah. It is operated by University of Utah and University of Utah. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Utah Utes football Utah Utes 1998–present, Real Salt Lake 2005–2008, Salt Lake Stallions, Utah Utes football, Utah Utes, 1998 Utah Utes football team, 1999 Utah Utes football team, 2000 Utah Utes football team, 2001 Utah Utes football team, 2002 Utah Utes football team, 2003 Utah Utes football team, 2004 Utah Utes football team, 2005 Utah Utes football team, 2006 Utah Utes football team, 2007 Utah Utes football team, 2008 Utah Utes football team, 2009 Utah Utes football team, 2010 Utah Utes football team, 2011 Utah Utes football team, 2012 Utah Utes football team, Utah Salt Ratz, 2013 Utah Utes football team, 2014 Utah Utes football team, Utah Blitzz, 2015 Utah Utes football team, 2016 Utah Utes football team, Nitro World Games 2017, Nitro World Games 2016.

Location
Salt Lake City, United States
Type
Stadium
Capacity
54,383
Opened
1927
Status
Active
Current owner
University of Utah, University of Utah
Naming rights
No current sponsor name
Name changes
0
Playing surface
Artificial turf, Natural grass
Location of Rice–Eccles Stadium
Rice–Eccles Stadium

Rice–Eccles Stadium is at latitude 40.76, longitude -111.848889, in Salt Lake City, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.

Data table for this chart
Recorded location of Rice–Eccles Stadium
FieldValue
Latitude40.76
Longitude-111.848889
CitySalt Lake City
RegionSalt Lake City
CountryUnited States
OpenStreetMap objectNot recorded
Footprint geometryNot yet exported by the pipeline

Technology

Playing surface, roof and equipment recorded for Rice–Eccles Stadium
FeatureRecorded asConfidenceSource
SurfaceArtificial turfWikipedia infoboxSource
SurfaceNatural grassWikipedia infoboxSource

See the venue technology guides for how these work.

Naming rights

No naming history is recorded for this venue.

Ownership and operation

Owners and operators of Rice–Eccles Stadium, past and present
RoleOrganizationPeriodStatusConfidenceSource
OwnerUniversity of Utah1927 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OwnerUniversity of UtahPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource
OperatorUniversity of Utah1927 to presentCurrentWikidata statementSource
OperatorUniversity of UtahPresentCurrentWikipedia infoboxSource

Tenants

Tenants of Rice–Eccles Stadium and the competitions they play in
TenantCompetitionsPeriodStatusSource
Utah Utes football Utah Utes 1998–presentNot mappedPresentCurrentSource
Real Salt Lake 2005–2008Not mappedPresentCurrentSource
Salt Lake StallionsNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Utah Utes footballNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Utah UtesNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
1998 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
1999 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2000 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2001 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2002 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2003 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2004 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2005 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2006 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2007 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2008 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2009 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2010 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2011 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2012 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Utah Salt RatzNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2013 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2014 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Utah BlitzzNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2015 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
2016 Utah Utes football teamNot mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Nitro World Games 2017Not mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource
Nitro World Games 2016Not mapped1927 to presentCurrentSource

Recorded changes

37 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.

Change log for Rice–Eccles Stadium
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2 October 2026venue_features(created)not set35242026-10
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28 September 2026venue_roles(created)not set410252026-09
28 September 2026venuescapacity45017543832026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_revidnot set13766144582026-09
28 September 2026venueswikipedia_titleRice–Eccles_StadiumRice–Eccles Stadium2026-09

Sources and licenses

Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:

Row-level sources used for this venue:

Wikipedia article: Rice–Eccles Stadium (revision 1376614458). Wikidata item: Q922761.