Location in the United States Location in Colorado | |
Former names | Colorado Stadium (1924–1944) |
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Address | 2400 Colorado Avenue |
Location | University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°00′32″N 105°16′01″W / 40.009°N 105.267°W |
Elevation | 5,360 feet (1,635 m) AMSL |
Owner | University of Colorado |
Operator | University of Colorado |
Capacity | 50,183 (2014–present)[1]
Former capacities: List
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Record attendance | 54,972 |
Surface | Natural grass (1924–1970, 1999–present) AstroTurf (1971–1998) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | January 14, 1924[1] |
Opened | October 11, 1924 |
Renovated | 1968, 1976, 2003 |
Expanded | 1956, 1967, 2003 |
Construction cost | $65,000 (1924) |
Architect | Waldo E. Brockway[2] Sink Combs Dethlefs (renovations) |
Tenants | |
Colorado Buffaloes (NCAA) (1924–present) | |
Website | |
cubuffs.com/folsom-field |
Folsom Field is an outdoor college football stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Colorado in Boulder. It is the home field of the Colorado Buffaloes of the Big 12 Conference.
Opened 100 years ago in 1924, the horseshoe-shaped stadium runs in the traditional north–south configuration, opening to the north. The CU athletic administration center, named after 1950s head coach Dal Ward, is located at the north end.[3]
The playing field returned to natural grass in 1999 and sits at an elevation of 5,360 feet (1,635 m), more than a mile above sea level.[4] Folsom Field is the third highest stadium in FBS college football, behind only Wyoming and Air Force of the Mountain West Conference.