Everything about Walkup Skydome totally explained
The
J. Lawrence Walkup Skydome is a 16,230-seat multi-purpose
stadium on the campus of
Northern Arizona University in
Flagstaff. Opened in
September 1977, it's the home of the
NAU Lumberjacks football and
basketball teams of the
Big Sky Conference. The Walkup Skydome has hosted five
Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournaments:
1987,
1997,
1998,
2005, and
2006.
It is the second largest clear-span timber dome in the world. It held the world record as the largest timber dome in the world from opening in 1977 until 1998 when the Sydney Showground Exhibition Building was completed for the 2000 Olympics.
The Skydome is named after
J. Lawrence Walkup, the president of the university from (
1958–
79), a period of tremendous growth for the school. The playing field/court for the stadium sits at an elevation of 6880 feet (2097 m)
above sea level,
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second only to
Wyoming's War Memorial Stadium, by 335 feet (102 m). Twenty feet above the field there's a red line with a 7000 on it at the exact point where the building hits 7000 feet elevation.
Besides sporting events, the arena is also used for commencement ceremonies,
concerts, and other events such as
conventions and
trade shows. The arena floor features 97,000 square feet (over 9000 m²) of space.
The Walkup Skydome is also used by the
NFL's Arizona Cardinals during their summer
training camp, held at NAU. The Cardinals are able to move inside to conduct practice when the weather is unsuitable outdoors.
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