Eccles Coliseum
Eccles Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in the western United States, on the campus of Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah. It is the home venue of the Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team of the United Athletic Conference and track and field teams of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC).
The stadium also hosts the Utah Summer Games opening ceremonies and several events. Opened 57 years ago in 1967, its Hellas MatrixTurf playing field has a traditional north-south alignment at an elevation 5,800 feet (1,770 m) above sea level. The surface was natural grass until 2012.
See also
References
- ^ "Eccles Coliseum". suutbirds.com. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
- ^ "Eccles Coliseum-Cedar City, UT". stadiumjourney.com. 16 December 2013. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
External links
- Southern Utah University Athletics – Eccles Coliseum
- Utah Summer Games
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