Kibbie Dome
| Kibbie Dome, Cowan Spectrum (basketball) |
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Kibbie Dome's west side in 2010
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| Former names | Idaho Stadium (1971–74) |
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| Location |
University of Idaho S. Rayburn Street Moscow, Idaho |
| Coordinates | 46°43′34″N 117°01′01″W / 46.726°N 117.017°WCoordinates: 46°43′34″N 117°01′01″W / 46.726°N 117.017°W |
| Owner | University of Idaho |
| Operator | University of Idaho |
| Capacity |
Football: 15,200 Basketball: 7,000 (Cowan Spectrum) |
| Record attendance | 17,600 vs. Boise State on November 18, 1989 11,800 - (basketball) vs. Montana on February 12, 1983 |
| Surface | RealGrass Pro (2007– ) AstroTurf (1990–2006) Tartan Turf (1972–1989) Natural grass (1971) |
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| Broke ground | February 1971 |
| Opened | September 27, 1975 41 years ago October 9, 1971 (outdoor) 45 years ago as new "Idaho Stadium" |
| Construction cost | $7.84 million |
| Architect | Gene E. Cline of CSHQA Boise, Idaho |
| Main contractors | Emerick Construction Co. Portland, Oregon |
| Tenants | |
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Idaho Vandals (NCAA) (1971–present) - football (1976–present) - basketball, track, tennis |
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The William H. Kibbie-ASUI Activity Center (commonly known as the Kibbie Dome) is a multi-purpose indoor athletic stadium in the northwest United States, on the campus of the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho. It is the home of the Idaho Vandals and is used for intercollegiate competition in four sports: football, basketball, tennis, and indoor track & field.
The Kibbie Dome opened 46 years ago as an outdoor concrete football stadium in October 1971, built on the same site of the demolished wooden Neale Stadium (1937–68), seen in this early 1950s photo. Following the 1974 football season, a barrel-arched roof and vertical end walls were added in ten months and the stadium re-opened as an enclosed facility in September 1975.
With just 15,200 permanent seats, it is currently the second smallest home stadium for college football in Division I FBS (formerly Division I-A). Since February 2001, the Kibbie Dome has been reconfigured for basketball games and is referred to as the Cowan Spectrum, seating 7,000. The elevation of the playing surface is 2,610 feet (800 m) above sea level.
The stadium was built in stages and took several years to complete. Originally, the new football stadium was to be outdoors and seat over 23,000 spectators, with an adjacent 10,000-seat indoor arena for basketball. The PCAA conference had been launched in 1969 and Idaho was attempting to join, but political wrangling in the state legislature and subsequent budget cuts caused a change in the scope of the stadium project. This ensured that Idaho could not make the move to the PCAA; the Vandals remained in the Big Sky Conference with the other state schools, Idaho State and new member Boise State. By the time Idaho finally did join the PCAA in 1996, the conference had changed its name to the Big West.
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