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.
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SUU Eccles Coliseum from East -
SUU Eccles Coliseum close up -
SUU Eccles Coliseum - Utah Summer Games Torch -
SUU Eccles Coliseum left -
SUU Eccles Coliseum middle -
SUU Eccles Coliseum right -
SUU Eccles Coliseum left closer -
SUU Eccles Coliseum middle closer -
SUU Eccles Coliseum right closer -
SUU Eccles Coliseum back of west side
References
- ^ "Eccles Coliseum". suutbirds.com. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
- ^ "Eccles Coliseum-Cedar City, UT". stadiumjourney.com. December 16, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2017.
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