Holt Arena

Holt Arena
Construction
Holt Arena in 2008
Former names	ASISU Minidome (1970–1988)
Location	550 Memorial Drive Pocatello, Idaho, U.S.
Coordinates	42°52′12″N 112°25′44″W / 42.870°N 112.429°W / 42.870; -112.429Coordinates: 42°52′12″N 112°25′44″W / 42.870°N 112.429°W / 42.870; -112.429
Public transit	Pocatello Regional Transit
Owner	Idaho State University
Operator	Idaho State University
Capacity	12,000 - football 8,000 - basketball
Record attendance	Football: 13,895 November 22, 1980 ISU vs. Boise State^[1]
Surface	SoftTop Matrix artificial turf (2011–) Poly-Turf,^[2]^[3] AstroTurf (1970–2010)
Broke ground	October 1, 1968
Opened	September 26, 1970 (1970-09-26); (May 9; spring game)^[4] 46 years ago
Construction cost	$2.8 million ^[4]^[3] ($17.1 million in 2016 ^[5])
Tenants
Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky Conference, NCAA) (1970–present)
Website
isu.edu/events/holtarena.shtml

Holt Arena

Location in the United States

Holt Arena is an indoor multi-purpose athletic stadium in Pocatello, Idaho, located on the campus of Idaho State University. It is the home field of the Idaho State Bengals of the Big Sky Conference and sits at an elevation of 4,560 feet (1,390 m) above sea level.^[6]

Completed 46 years ago in September 1970 at the north end of the ISU campus,^[2] Holt Arena is the oldest enclosed stadium on a college campus in the United States and the second-oldest overall.^[7] Only the Houston Astrodome, completed in 1965, predates it. Since the Astrodome's 2006 closure Holt Arena has been the oldest enclosed stadium in use.^[8] The original artificial turf installed in 1970 was Poly-Turf.^[4]^[2]^[3]

The indoor arena was conceived by ISU athletic director (1967-1979), Milton W. "Dubby" Holt (1914-2007) in 1966 and designed by architect Cedric M. Allen. Although a controversial design proposal for the time, ISU students voted to appropriate not more than $2.8 million to the project two years later.^[4] The arena was built entirely with these voluntary student funds.^[9] With over 56% in favor, ISU students approved a twelve dollar increase in semester fees to fund the stadium in early 1968.^[10]

Originally named the ASISU Minidome, it replaced the outdoor "Spud Bowl" (now Davis Field, at 42°51′32″N 112°25′52″W / 42.859°N 112.431°W / 42.859; -112.431) as the Bengals' home football stadium. The indoor venue was renamed in 1988 to honor Holt. Davis Field continues as the home venue for outdoor track and field and soccer.^[11]

Holt Arena also serves as home for the ISU indoor track and field team and men's basketball team. It also hosts high school football games, the famous Simplot Games high school indoor track meet, along with other sporting events, rodeos, concerts, and other activities. During the Bengals' run in basketball to the Elite Eight in 1977, they won the Big Sky Conference regular season title, which allowed them to host the four-team conference tournament, which they also won.^[12] The Bengals were allowed to stay home for the first round of the 32-team 1977 NCAA basketball tournament, as the Minidome had a pair of first round games (sub-regionals) on Saturday, March 12.^[13]^[14] UCLA defeated Louisville and hometown ISU beat Long Beach State. (Five days later, Idaho State stunned UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen at the West regional in Provo, Utah.)^[15]^[16] Between the Big Sky tourney and the NCAA games, the venue also hosted the state's three-day A-1 (now 5A) high school championship tournament.^[17]

After the long anticipated opening of the Minidome in 1970, Idaho State true freshman Mike Barnes scored the first regulation points in a basketball game.

Following the success of the Minidome, several other colleges built enclosed stadiums, including the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho in Moscow, which was enclosed in 1975 after four years as an outdoor stadium, and the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, opened in 1977.

Holt Arena features 194,400 square feet (18,060 m²) of floor space; the building is recessed 20 feet (6 m) below grade and rises 89 feet (27 m) above grade at its highest point.^[9] Holt Arena is one of three indoor football stadiums currently in use in the Big Sky Conference, along with Walkup Skydome at NAU and the Alerus Center at UND. The University of Idaho returns to the conference in the summer of 2014, except for football.

After 41 football seasons on Poly-Turf and AstroTurf, infilled synthetic turf was installed in Holt Arena in July 2011. Similar to FieldTurf, the SoftTop Removable Matrix System^[18] is also installed in Cowboys Stadium in the NFL.

References

↑ Idaho State Bengals | Holt Arena, ChampionshipSubdivision.com. (accessed 4 September 2013)
1 2 3 "'Mini-Dome' just first of new Big Sky stadia". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. September 13, 1970. p. 10, fb.
1 2 3 Checketts, Brent (February 19, 1970). "Pocatello's Mini-Dome Serves Maxi-Purpose". Deseret News. p. B-14.
1 2 3 4 Ferguson, George (May 12, 1970). "Idaho State: What a Mini!". Deseret News. p. C-1.
↑ Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–. Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ USGS topographic map of Holt Arena. MSR Maps. Accessed 6 January 2008.
↑ Facilities - Idaho State University Bengals Accessed 6 January 2008
↑ "Astrodome Hit With Code Violations". click2houston.com. Retrieved 2008-07-18.
1 2 Holt Arena, Idaho Public Television. (accessed 4 September 2013)
↑ "Idaho students vote to build domed stadium". Miami News. Associated Press. January 13, 1968. p. 3B.
↑ "Davis Field". Idaho State University athletics. Retrieved April 1, 2013.
↑ Missildine, Harry (March 6, 1977). "Idaho State dumps Weber, earns title and NCAA berth". Spokesman-Review. p. D2.
↑ "NCAA pairings". Milwaukee Sentinel. March 12, 1977. p. 2, part 2.
↑ McDermott, Barry (March 21, 1977). "The Sixteen Sweetest Fight For A Kiss". Sports Illustrated. p. 28.
↑ Benson, Lee (March 18, 1977). "Utes fall short, Idaho State stuns UCLA". Deseret News. p. 6B.
↑ "Amazin' Bengals knock out UCLA". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. March 18, 1977. p. 29.
↑ "Hoop scores: Idaho". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Associated Press. March 12, 1977. p. 11.
↑ ISUBengals.com - Hellas Construction to Install New Holt Arena Turf - 2011-06-02 - accessed 2011-09-22

External links

ISU Bengals Athletics - Holt Arena
Idaho State University - Office of Events: Holt Arena
Idaho Public Television - Holt Arena
World Stadiums - Holt Arena
Simplot Games - annual indoor track meet at Holt Arena
Maps.microsoft.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=12&X=479&Y=5933&W=2&qs=%7cPocatello%7cID%7c MSRMaps - USGS topo map (& aerial photo) of ISU campus

Preceded by Tacoma Dome	Host of the NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game 1987–1988	Succeeded by Paulson Stadium

Idaho State University

Buildings and Facilities	Eli M. Oboler Library Holt Arena Idaho State Arboretum Janet C. Anderson Gender Resource Center Reed Gym Idaho Museum of Natural History

Athletics	Men's Basketball Football

Media	KISU-FM

Idaho State Bengals football

Venues	Spud Bowl Holt Arena (1970–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

Idaho State Bengals men's basketball

Venues	Holt Arena (1970–present) Reed Gym (alternate)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16

Basketball arenas of the Big Sky Conference

Reese Court (Eastern Washington)
Cowan Spectrum (Idaho)
Holt Arena / Reed Gym (Idaho State)
Dahlberg Arena (Montana)
Worthington Arena (Montana State)
Walkup Skydome (Northern Arizona)
Betty Engelstad Sioux Center / Ralph Engelstad Arena (North Dakota)
Bank of Colorado Arena (Northern Colorado)
Stott Center (Portland State)
Colberg Court (Sacramento State)
Centrum Arena (Southern Utah)
Dee Events Center (Weber State)

Football stadiums of the Big Sky Conference

Alex G. Spanos Stadium (Cal Poly)
Roos Field (Eastern Washington)
Holt Arena (Idaho State)
Washington–Grizzly Stadium (Montana)
Bobcat Stadium (Montana State)
Alerus Center (North Dakota)
Walkup Skydome (Northern Arizona)
Nottingham Field (Northern Colorado)
Providence Park (Portland State)
Hornet Stadium (Sacramento State)
Eccles Coliseum (Southern Utah)
Aggie Stadium (UC Davis)
Stewart Stadium (Weber State)

College football venues in Idaho

NCAA Division I
FBS

Mountain West	Albertsons Stadium (Boise State)

Sun Belt	Kibbie Dome (Idaho)

NCAA Division I
FCS

Big Sky	Holt Arena (Idaho State)

NAIA

Frontier	Simplot Stadium (College of Idaho)

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