War Memorial Stadium (Laramie, Wyoming)

War Memorial Stadium

Looking west in August 2015
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Full name	Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium
Former names	War Memorial Stadium
Address	E Grand Ave & N 22nd St
Location	University of Wyoming Laramie, Wyoming, U.S.
Coordinates	41°18′43″N 105°34′05″W / 41.312°N 105.568°W / 41.312; -105.568
Elevation	7,220 feet (2,200 m) AMSL
Owner	University of Wyoming
Operator	University of Wyoming
Capacity	29,811
Record attendance	34,745 (vs. Colorado State, 1997)
Surface	FieldTurf (2013–present) Desso turf (2005–2012) Natural grass (1950–2004)
Construction
Broke ground	August 15, 1949 (grounds) March 1, 1950 (building)
Opened	September 16, 1950; 74 years ago (1950-09-16)
Renovated	2004, 2010
Expanded	1970, 1977
Construction cost	$1.53 million ($19.4 million in 2024[1]) (combined with Fieldhouse) $50 million+ (2009-2010 upgrades)
Architect	Porter & Bradley
General contractor	The Spiegelberg Lumber and Building Company
Tenants
Wyoming Cowboys (NCAA) (1950–present)

War Memorial Stadium, also known as Jonah Field at War Memorial Stadium, is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

The home field of the Wyoming Cowboys of the Mountain West Conference in NCAA Division I FBS, it is the largest stadium in the state, and its only college football venue. The field is named after a natural gas field at the Green River Basin in Sublette County.

At an elevation of 7,220 feet (2,200 m) above sea level, War Memorial is the second highest FBS stadium, preceded by Mountaineer Bowl and followed by the U.S. Air Force Academy's Falcon Stadium at 6,621 feet (2,018 m), near Colorado Springs.^[2] Between them, at 6,880 feet (2,097 m), is the Walkup Skydome of FCS Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff.