UNI-Dome

UNI-Dome
Construction

Location	2401 Hudson Road Cedar Falls, Iowa, 50614 United States
Owner	University of Northern Iowa
Operator	University of Northern Iowa
Capacity	16,324 (Football)
Surface	Mondoturf
Broke ground	July 26, 1974^[1]
Built	1974-1976
Opened	February 7, 1976
Construction cost	$7.5 million ($31.2 million in 2016 dollars^[2])
Architect	Thorson-Brom-Broshar-Snyder Architects
Structural engineer	Geiger-Berger Associates
General contractor	John G. Miller Construction Company
Tenants
Northern Iowa Panthers Football (1976–present) IHSAA Football Playoffs (1976-present) UNI Panthers Men's Basketball (1976–2006) UNI Panthers Women's Basketball (1978–2006) UNI Panthers Wrestling (1976–2006) UNI Panthers Volleyball (1978–2006)

UNI-Dome (pronounced "YOU-nih-dome") is a multi-purpose stadium, on the campus of the University of Northern Iowa, in Cedar Falls, Iowa, United States. It opened in 1976, as the home of the UNI Panthers basketball and football teams. The facility's capacity for football is 16,324. For basketball, its official capacity is 16,000;^[3] however, it has seated as many as 22,000 for events such as the 1990 Mid-Continent Conference men’s basketball tournament and the 1997 NCAA Division I National Wrestling Championships. It has been the home of the Iowa State High School football championships, since 1976 and has hosted junior college football bowl games, wrestling, track and field, softball, concerts and conventions.

In 1994, the air-supported roof collapsed in a snowstorm. Since this had occurred on numerous occasions before, it was replaced by a more permanent metal roof. On November 18, 2006, the McLeod Center opened for basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. The McLeod Center is directly south of the UNI-Dome and connected by a covered walkway. The UNI-Dome attendance record for football is 17,190, which was set on October 17, 2009, during a Panthers homecoming game against the Missouri Valley rival Southern Illinois.

The UNI-Dome's roof has been most recently renovated late summer 2010 due to damages during a high wind storm. The cost of the renovation was close to $4 million. The storm knocked down trees, power lines and roofs all over Cedar Falls. The University of Northern Iowa campus lost 20% of its 100+-year-old trees that cover the campus.

The UNI-Dome received a new HD video board for the start of the 2008 football season. The board replaced an aging, and many times malfunctioning video board. Much of the cost of the new video board was donated by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, which hosts their state football semifinals and finals in the UNI-Dome each year for all classes. Northern Iowan article

In 2014, the UNI-Dome had a 100' × 27' video board installed at the south end. The existing video board has replaced the north end scoreboard. All this was made possible with a grant from the Black Hawk Gaming Assoc., plus a very generous gift. This video board is the second largest in FCS football.^[4]

The Dome has also hosted professional wrestling events, as well as concerts by bands such as Rolling Stones, The Who, Mötley Crüe, REO Speedwagon, Fleetwood Mac, 3 Doors Down, Fuel, Pink Floyd, Oleander, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean (2015), and Nelly.

During the academic year, during hours when the athletic teams are not using the Dome, it is open to the public. Many students and others with UNI connections will come to the Dome to run or walk the stairs and the concourse. The UNI-Dome has hosted graduation ceremonies as well. Perhaps the most notable ceremony was in the spring of 2011, when first lady Michelle Obama delivered the headlining address.

At football games, where cold temperatures are frequently an issue for fans, the UNI-Dome announcers have a tradition during pre-game rituals. The announcers will announce the weather in the town where the visiting team is from, and then will say "The temperature in Cedar Falls, no wind, 72°, Welcome to the UNI-DOME!" to emphasize the fact that a domed stadium is not affected as much by the weather. As of December 1, 2015, the Panthers have a home record of 201-51-1.

A major renovation was announced in 2014. ^[5]

UNI's Offense getting to work against the St. Francis Red Flash September 19, 2009

Professors marching in commencement ceremony, December 2005

References

↑ UNI Dome History
↑ "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–". Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
↑ http://www.unipanthers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205145956&DB_OEM_ID=26200&DB_OEM_ID=26200
↑ https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152332324069069.1073741894.6010469068&type=3
↑ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/columnists/bryce-miller/2014/07/30/northern-iowa-planning-significant-renovation-uni-dome/13377005/

External links

Official website

University of Northern Iowa

Academics	Colleges Business Education Graduate College Humanities, Arts and Sciences Social and Behavioral Sciences

Athletics	Men's Baseball Cross Country Basketball Football Golf Track & Field Wrestling Women's Basketball Cross Country Golf Soccer Softball Swimming & Diving Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Venues McLeod Center O. R. Latham Stadium UNI-Dome People Mark Farley Ben Jacobsen Doug Schwab Tanya Warren

Campus	Buildings University of Northern Iowa Gallery of Art

History	UNI Presidents Notable Alumni

Media	KICJ KUNI North American Review The Northern Iowan

Related	Camp Adventure

Northern Iowa Panthers men's basketball

Venues	UNI-Dome (1976–2006) McLeod Center (2006–present)

Culture & lore	2007 Summer Universiade Iowa "Big Four"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 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

Northern Iowa Panthers football

Venues	O. R. Latham Stadium (1936–1975) UNI-Dome (1976–present)

Culture & lore	"UNI Fight"

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 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

Stadiums of the Missouri Valley Football Conference

Hancock Stadium (Illinois State) Memorial Stadium (Indiana State) Robert W. Plaster Stadium (Missouri State) Fargodome (North Dakota State) UNI-Dome (Northern Iowa) DakotaDome (South Dakota) Coughlin–Alumni Stadium (South Dakota State) Saluki Stadium (Southern Illinois) Hanson Field (Western Illinois) Stambaugh Stadium (Youngstown State)

College football venues in Iowa

Division I
FBS

Big Ten	Kinnick Stadium (Iowa)

Big 12	Jack Trice Stadium (Iowa State)

Division I
FCS

Missouri Valley	UNI-Dome (Northern Iowa)

Pioneer	Drake Stadium (Drake)

Division II

Northern Sun	Eischeid Stadium (Upper Iowa)

Division III

Independent	Mapleleaf Stadium (Iowa Wesleyan)

IIAC	Ash Park Field (Cornell) Bill Buxton Stadium (Simpson) Carlson Stadium (Luther) Chalmers Field (Dubuque) Clark Field (Coe) J. Leslie Rollins Stadium (Buena Vista) Rock Bowl (Loras) Ron and Joyce Schipper Stadium (Central) Walston-Hoover Stadium (Wartburg)

Midwest	Rosenbloom Field (Grinnell)

NAIA

Great Plains	City Stadium (Dordt) Elwood Olsen Stadium (Morningside) Korver Field at De Valois Stadium (Northwestern) Memorial Field (Briar Cliff)

Heart of America	Huntsman Field (Graceland)

Mid-States	A. David Bolstorff Stadium (Waldorf) Brady Street Stadium (St. Ambrose) Oskaloosa Community Stadium (William Penn) Williams Stadium (Grand View)

Coordinates: 42°30′56″N 92°28′02″W / 42.51556°N 92.46727°W / 42.51556; -92.46727

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