YooperDome | |
 Opposite sides of the Superior Dome | |
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| Location | Northern Michigan University, Marquette, Michigan, United States |
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| Owner | Northern Michigan University |
| Operator | Northern Michigan University |
| Capacity | 8,000 |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Construction | |
| Broke ground | 1991 |
| Opened | 1991 |
| Construction cost | $23.9 million |
| Tenants | |
| Northern Michigan Wildcats (NCAA) Football 1991–present Women's lacrosse 2016–present Women's track and field 2003–present | |
The Superior Dome is a domed stadium on the campus of Northern Michigan University (NMU) in Marquette, Michigan, United States. It opened as the "world’s largest wooden dome" on September 14, 1991,[1] and is home to the Northern Michigan Wildcats football, women's lacrosse, and women's track and field teams, the NMU Wildcat marching band, and hosts a variety of other campus and community events.
The dome is 143 feet (44 m) tall, has a diameter of 536 feet (163 m), covers an area of 5.1 acres (21,000 m2) and has a volume of 16,135,907 cubic feet. It is a geodesic dome constructed with 781 Douglas fir beams and 108.5 miles (174.6 km) of fir decking and is designed to support snow up to 60 pounds per square foot (2.9 kPa) and withstand 80-mile-per-hour (130 km/h) winds. It has a permanent seating capacity of 8,000 people, though the building can hold as many as 16,000 people. The 2010 edition of Guinness World Records listed it as the fifth-largest dome and largest wooden dome in the world.[2]
- ^ Hunt, Mary; Hunt, Don. "Superior Dome". Hunt's Guide to the Upper Peninsula. Retrieved November 13, 2011.
- ^ "Superior Dome". Northern Michigan University. Retrieved November 13, 2011.