Alamodome
Location	100 Montana Street San Antonio, Texas, 78203, USA
Broke ground	November 1990
Opened	May 15, 1993
Owner	City of San Antonio
Operator	City of San Antonio
Surface	SportField[1]
Construction cost	$186 million USD
Architect	HOK Sport + Venue + Event
Tenants
Alamo Bowl (NCAA) (1993-Present) New Orleans Saints (NFL) (2005) San Antonio Spurs (NBA) (1993-2002) San Antonio Texans (CFL) (1995)
Capacity
Football (American) 65,000 (expandable to 72,000) Football (Canadian) 59,000 Basketball 20,662 (expandable to 39,500) Hockey 36,000 Boxing 40,000 Arena Concert center-stage 33,000 Arena Concert end-stage 30,000 Stadium Concert center-stage 77,000 Stadium Concert end-stage 50,000

The Alamodome is a multi-purpose facility that is primarily used as a football/basketball stadium and convention center in San Antonio, Texas, USA. The facility opened on May 15, 1993, at a cost of $186 million. After much controversy, the City of San Antonio contracted with Lyda Constructors Inc. of San Antonio, Texas. The general contractor for major portions of the 65,000 seat Alamodome and the adjacent transit facility was Lyda Constructors Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lyda Inc. of San Antonio, Texas which was sold by owner Gerald Lyda to San Francisco-based Swinerton Inc. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1600x1200, 303 KB) Photo by Nick Juhasz. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... HOK Sport + Venue + Event, a division of Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum, is an architectural practice specializing in the design of public assembly spaces and planning of major special events. ... The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... This May 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... The San Antonio Texans were a Canadian football team that played in the Alamodome for the 1995 CFL season. ... Lions Stampeders Eskimos Roughriders Blue Bombers Tiger-Cats Argonauts Alouettes The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional sports league located in Canada that plays Canadian football, and is the second most popular sports league in Canada. ... United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... is the 135th day of the year (136th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ...

Along with placating the San Antonio Spurs ownership's demands for a larger basketball venue, the "multi-purpose facility" was supposed to increase the City's convention traffic and attract a professional football franchise. The Spurs played basketball in the Alamodome for a few years, but became disenchanted with the facility and convinced Bexar County and San Antonio Livestock Exposition Inc. to build them the new basketball arena initially known as SBC Center (now ATT Center).

The Alamodome was constructed after voters in 1989 approved a five-year, half-cent sales tax increase that was collected by VIA Metropolitan Transit, the local transit authority. Upon completion of the facility, it was nearly debt-free and showed a net operating profit within its first two years of operation. On June 9, 1994, ownership of the Alamodome was transferred from the transit authority to the City of San Antonio. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar). ...

On April 15, 2005, the San Antonio City Council voted to spend close to $6.5 million to renovate the Alamodome in an effort to lure a Major League Soccer franchise to the city. After the election of Phil Hardberger as the new mayor, those efforts were abandoned, though the approved renovations to the facility will continue as planned. The city administration and local business leaders have re-focused their efforts to bringing an NFL franchise to San Antonio. is the 105th day of the year (106th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Major League Soccer (MLS) is a professional soccer league with teams in the United States and Canada. ... Phil Hardberger (b. ... The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...

On April 19, 2007, the San Antonio City Council unanimously voted for $8.3 million in renovations and enhancements to the Alamodome. April 19 is the 109th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (110th in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

Although when the Alamodome was built it was an ideal state-of-the-art NFL stadium, by today's standards the facility would have to undergo renovations and add a considerable number of luxury suites in order to make it a profitable venue for an NFL team. Preliminary estimates put the cost of improvements at $100-150 million. A luxury box or luxury suite is a special seating section in arenas and stadiums. ...

Features

The facility is a rectilinear 5-level stadium which can seat up to 65,000 spectators for a typical football game but is expandable to hold 72,000 spectators, allowing the possibility to host a Super Bowl. The arena configuration (basketball/hockey) takes 12-18 hours to set up retractable seating and install the playing surface. In this configuration, typically only the two lower levels at one or both ends of the facility are used. The arena configuration seats 20,662 spectators, but capacity can be expanded to 39,500 when the upper level is opened. The winning Super Bowl team receives the Vince Lombardi Trophy. ...

The Alamodome opened with 38 luxury suites and 6,000 club level seats. The original design specifications called for 66 luxury suites. But since the San Antonio Spurs were the only occupant at the time, only 38 luxury suites in the north end of the facility were built (where the basketball court was placed, and a curtain separated it from the south end). The footprints for the 28 unbuilt luxury suites were open floor space just behind the club level seats that surround the south end of the facility. In 2006, the Alamodome underwent an expansion to accommodate 14 new luxury suites, increasing the number of suites to 52.^[1] The Sports Club and the Top of the Dome restaurant also received renovations in 2004. A luxury box or luxury suite is a special seating section in arenas and stadiums. ... Club Seating is a special section of seating in modern sports stadiums. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ...

The Alamodome has two permanent Olympic-size ice rinks that can be used for NHL games, figure skating and speed skating. The facility also contains 30,000 square feet of meeting rooms and 160,000 square feet of continuous exhibit space. “NHL” redirects here. ...

Events and tenants

The Alamodome was home to the NBA San Antonio Spurs from 1993 to 2002 and the CFL San Antonio Texans in 1995. The facility also hosts special events such as the annual Alamo Bowl football game, NCAA basketball and volleyball tournament games, and the men's and women's basketball Final Four (men's 1998, 2004, 2008; women's 2002, 2010). Other NCAA events including the 1997 and 1999 Big 12 Championship Games were played in the facility. The 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival held some of the first ever paid events in the Alamodome in July and August 1993, including the opening and closing ceremonies and ice skating events. The 1996 NBA All-Star Game was played in the Alamodome,^[2] and the facility hosted WWF Royal Rumble in 1997. The now-defunct San Antonio Dragons of the International Hockey League played some games in 1997 and 1998 at the Alamodome when its home, Freeman Coliseum, was unavailable during the annual San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo (a similar scheduling conflict the Spurs now face at the new AT&T Center). The Professional Bull Riders (PBR) has held two championship events in the Alamodome. Two 2005 InterLiga soccer matches took place in the Alamodome on January 6, 2005. The facility also was one of three "home" stadiums for the displaced NFL New Orleans Saints during the 2005 NFL season and was also the Dallas Cowboys' training camp site in 2002 and 2003. The National Basketball Association of the United States and Canada, commonly known as the NBA, is the premier professional basketball league in North America. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Lions Stampeders Eskimos Roughriders Blue Bombers Tiger-Cats Argonauts Alouettes The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional sports league located in Canada that plays Canadian football, and is the second most popular sports league in Canada. ... The San Antonio Texans were a Canadian football team that played in the Alamodome for the 1995 CFL season. ... Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. ... The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA, often pronounced N-C-Double-A or N-C-Two-A ) is a voluntary association of about 1,200 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States. ... Final Four is a sports term that is commonly applied to the last four teams remaining in a playoff tournament. ... The 1998 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 2004 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The 2008 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament will involve 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of mens NCAA Division I college basketball. ... The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. ... The National Basketball Association staged its first All-Star Game in the Boston Garden on March 2, 1951. ... Promotional poster of Royal Rumble 1997, featuring Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble 1997 was the tenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... The San Antonio Dragons were an International Hockey League franchise during the 1990s. ... The International Hockey League (IHL) was a professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada from 1945 to 2001. ... The Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum, built in 1949, has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. ... The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, USA is one of the largest Livestock Shows & Rodeos in the country. ... The InterLiga is a football competition between Mexican clubs to determine qualifying spots for that country in South Americas premier club competition, the Copa Libertadores. ... NFL logo For other uses of the abbreviation NFL, see NFL (disambiguation). ... This May 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... The 2005 National Football League regular season began on Thursday, September 8, 2005 and ended on Sunday, January 1, 2006, New Years Day. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

From July 5 to 16, 2006, the Alamodome hosted the 2006 ELCA Youth Gathering. Approximately 40,000 youth and adult leaders attended the event between the two weeks it was spread. The ELCA Youth Gathering is a national convention held every three years in a different American city attended by high-school-age youth of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. ...

Every summer Drum Corps International hosts its DCI San Antonio - Southwestern Championships at the Alamodome always to a capacity crowd. More tickets are being sold in the 2007 event because The Crossmen, a drum corps, relocated from Pennsylvania to San Antonio. Drum Corps International (DCI), formed in 1972, is the non-profit governing body operating the North American drum and bugle corps circuit for junior corps, whose members are between the ages of 14 and 22. ... Crossmen The Crossmen are a Division I drum and bugle corps sponsored by Youth Education in the Arts. ... Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Area  Ranked 33rd  - Total 46,055 sq mi (119,283 km²)  - Width 280 miles (455 km)  - Length 160 miles (255 km)  - % water 2. ...

NBA basketball

The San Antonio Spurs moved to the Alamodome from HemisFair Arena after the 1992-93 NBA season. The Spurs played nine seasons in the Alamodome, including during their first NBA championship season, which was played against the New York Knicks in 1999. Attendance was 39,514 for Game 1 of the 1999 NBA Finals and 39,554 for Game 2 (the largest crowd to see an NBA Finals game). The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... The HemisFair Arena was an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. ... The 1992-93 NBA Season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The 1999 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1998-99 NBA season. ...

During the regular season, most of the upper level was curtained off. However, the Spurs opened a portion of the upper level when popular opponents came to down and on certain weekends, expanding capacity to 32,500.

Though the late 1990's saw the Spurs soar to unprecedented popularity, the decision was made to move the team out of the spacious stadium and build a new arena. Even though the Spurs were the primary tenants, the Alamodome was designed for football, and Spurs management and fans had grown increasingly dissatisfied with its poor sight lines and cavernous feel. Moving the team out of the Alamodome also opened up more contiguous dates allowing the facility to schedule more conventions, which over time have proven to be more profitable not just for the facility, but for the city economy as well. The Spurs moved to the SBC Center (now the AT&T Center) after the 2001-2002 season. The AT&T Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was completed in 2002 as the SBC Center at a cost of $186 million, financed by a local sales tax. ... The 2001-02 NBA season is the 56th season of the National Basketball Association. ...

Football

Alamo Bowl

The Alamodome is the site of the annual Alamo Bowl, which usually matches the fourth-choice (not necessarily fourth-place) teams from the Big Ten Conference and the Big 12 Conference. The 2006 Alamo Bowl between the Texas Longhorns and the Iowa Hawkeyes was attended by 65,875, which set a facility-record crowd for a sporting event.^[3][4][5] The Alamo Bowl is a major American college football bowl game played annually since 1993 in the 65,000-seat Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. ... The Big Ten Conference is the United States oldest Division I college athletic conference. ... The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference of twelve schools located in the central United States. ... 2006 Alamo Bowl Bowl Game Texas Longhorns at Iowa Hawkeyes Iowa Hawkeyes (6-6) 24 3:30pm Central Time December 30, 2006 - Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas The 2006 Alamo Bowl Game is a college football bowl game. ... This article is becoming very long. ... The 2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team completed the season with a 6-7 record. ...

Canadian Football League

The Alamodome was also home to the San Antonio Texans for the 1995 CFL season. The stadium was attractive to the Canadian Football League (which made an ill-fated attempt to expand to the U.S. between 1993 and 1995) since it could accommodate the CFL's larger playing field. In the first CFL playoff game ever played between two U.S.-based franchises, the Texans defeated the Birmingham Barracudas 52-9 at the Alamodome on November 5. But the Texans would lose to the Baltimore Stallions 11-21 in Baltimore on November 11. The Texans folded after the 1995 season due to low attendance, financial problems, and the disbanding of the other U.S. teams. The San Antonio Texans were a Canadian football team that played in the Alamodome for the 1995 CFL season. ... The 1995 Canadian Football League season is considered to be the 42nd season in modern-day Canadian football, although it is officially the 38th Canadian Football League season. ... Lions Stampeders Eskimos Roughriders Blue Bombers Tiger-Cats Argonauts Alouettes The Canadian Football League (CFL), also known by its French name, Ligue canadienne de football (LCF), is a professional sports league located in Canada that plays Canadian football, and is the second most popular sports league in Canada. ... The Birmingham Barracudas were a Canadian football team that played the 1995 season in the Canadian Football League. ... The Baltimore Stallions were a Canadian football team based in Baltimore, Maryland, which played the 1994 and 1995 seasons. ...

Corps Classic

September 16, 2006, marked the first game in a college football "home and home" series, known as the AT&T Corps Classic, between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Army Black Knights. Army has elected to play its "home" game at the Alamodome in order to increase the program's exposure around the nation, as it competes as an independent. A sell-out crowd of 64,583 watched the Aggies defeat the Black Knights 28-24.^[1] The second game is scheduled to be played at Kyle Field in College Station in 2008. // 1400 - Owain Glyndŵr declared Prince of Wales by his followers. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Game background/history The AT&T Corps Classic is a home and home college football series between the Texas A&M Aggies and the Army Black Knights that will take place in 2006 and 2008. ... Texas Aggie Athletics or simply Texas Aggies or Aggies is the name given to the sports teams of Texas A&M University. ... City West Point, New York Team Colors Black and Gold Head Coach Bobby Ross Home Stadium Michie Stadium League/Conference affiliations Division I-A Independent (1890-1997, 2005-present) Conference USA (1998-2004) Team history All-Time Record: 628-422-51 Bowl Record: 2-2-0 National Championships (3) 1914... Kyle Field is the football stadium located on the campus of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. ... College Station is a city in Brazos County, Texas, near the boundary area between East Texas and Central Texas. ...

East-West Shrine Game

The 2006 East-West Shrine Game was played in the Alamodome on January 21, 2006. The game is an annual post-season college football all-star game. For most of its history, the game has been played in the San Francisco Bay Area, at San Francisco's Kezar Stadium and at Stanford Stadium. In recent years it has been played at SBC Park. In 2006, the game was played in the Alamodome, moving out of the San Francisco area for the first time in decades. The Shrine Game will move once again for its 2007 event—to Reliant Stadium in Houston, Texas. The East-West Shrine Game is an annual post-season college football all-star game played each January since 1926. ... USGS satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... Kezar Stadium is a stadium located in the southeastern corner of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California. ... Stanford Stadium (capacity 50,000 as of 2006) is a stadium on the Stanford University campus. ... AT&T Park (formerly known as SBC Park and Pacific Bell Park) is an open-air baseball stadium, home to the San Francisco Giants of the National League. ... Reliant Stadium is a football stadium in Houston, Texas. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Harris County Fort Bend County Montgomery County Incorporated June 5, 1837 Government  - Mayor Bill White Area  - City  601. ...

National Football League

The Alamodome has played host to six NFL preseason games. Two each were played in 1993 and 1994, one in 1995, and one in 2001. The National Football League (NFL) is the largest and most prestigious professional American football league, consisting of thirty-two teams from American cities and regions. ...

• August 7, 1993 - Houston Oilers (28) vs. New Orleans Saints (37) - Attendance: 40,308
• August 21, 1993 - Dallas Cowboys (20) vs. Houston Oilers (23) - Attendance: 63,285
• August 6, 1994 - Houston Oilers (31) vs. San Diego Chargers (3) - Attendance: 29,815
• August 20, 1994 - Buffalo Bills (18) vs. Houston Oilers (16) - Attendance: 40,504
• August 26, 1995 - Dallas Cowboys (10) vs. Houston Oilers (0) - Attendance: 52,512
• August 11, 2001 - Minnesota Vikings (28) vs. New Orleans Saints (21) - Attendance: 46,752

In 2005, the NFL announced that the Alamodome would host three of the New Orleans Saints regular season "home" games due to the damage caused to the Louisiana Superdome by Hurricane Katrina. The Saints played the Buffalo Bills (week 4), the Atlanta Falcons (week 6), and the Detroit Lions (week 16) at the Alamodome. Although there have been many NFL preseason and exhibition games held in San Antonio over the years, these games were the first NFL regular season games played in the city. The Saints also played one 2005 season "home" game in Giants Stadium (against the New York Giants) in East Rutherford, New Jersey, and four others in LSU's Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Overall, the Saints averaged 62,665 fans in the 65,000-seat Alamodome for the three games held there, selling out only one game in what was the sixth-smallest stadium used by any NFL team in the 2005 season. The Saints and the NFL announced that the team would return to Louisiana for the 2006 season even though at the time the NFL was uncertain where they would play their home games. Additionally, NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue indicated that if the NFL expands again, San Antonio would be on the short list of candidate cities. Even though public opinion is that he would never let go of the Cowboys-crazed San Antonio market, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones has acknowledged his support for the city's efforts to become home to an NFL franchise.^[6] City New Orleans, Louisiana Team colors Old Gold, Black, and White Head Coach Sean Payton Owner Tom Benson General manager Mickey Loomis Mascot Gumbo League/Conference affiliations National Football League (1967–present) Eastern Conference (1967-1969) Capitol Division (1967; 1969) Century Division (1968) National Football Conference (1970-present) NFC West... This May 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... 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• October 2, 2005 - Buffalo Bills (7) vs. New Orleans Saints (19) - Attendance: 58,688^[7]
• October 16, 2005 - Atlanta Falcons (34) vs. New Orleans Saints (31) - Attendance: 65,562 (attendance set the facility record for a sporting event but was surpassed 14 months later by the 2006 Alamo Bowl)^[8]
• December 24, 2005 - Detroit Lions (13) vs. New Orleans Saints (12) - Attendance: 63,747^[9]

The Dallas Cowboys held their 2002 and 2003 preseason training camps at the Alamodome. The team will return in 2007 and stay through 2011.^[10]

Texas Football Classic

Since 1999, the Alamodome has been home to the Texas Football Classic, which kicks off the high school football season in Texas. Now in its eighth year, the event has expanded to five games, featuring prominent high school programs from across the state.^[11] Former participants include Chicago Bears and former University of Texas running back Cedric Benson, University of Iowa quarterback Drew Tate, University of Houston quarterback Kevin Kolb, and University of Missouri quarterback Chase Daniel. The official logo of the Toyota Tundra Texas Football Classic. ... City Chicago, Illinois Other nicknames Da Bears, The Monsters of the Midway Team colors Navy Blue, Orange and White Head Coach Lovie Smith Owner Virginia Halas McCaskey Chairman Michael McCaskey General manager Jerry Angelo Fight song Bear Down, Chicago Bears Mascot Staley Da Bear League/Conference affiliations Independent (1919) National... Head Coach Mack Brown 9th Year, 92-22 Home Stadium Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium Capacity 85,123 - Grass Conference Big 12 - South First Year 1893 Athletic Director DeLoss Dodds Website MackBrown-TexasFootball. ... Cedric Myron Benson (born December 28, 1982 in Midland, Texas) is an American football running back. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes are an American football team that compete as a member of the Big Ten Conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A and represent the University of Iowa. ... Drew Tate (born October 8, 1984 in Baytown, Texas) is an American football quarterback Formerly with the St. ... The University of Houston, formerly University of Houston–University Park, is a comprehensive doctoral degree-granting university[1] located in Houston, Texas. ... The Missouri Tigers are the official mascot of the athletic teams at the University of Missouri–Columbia. ...

U.S. Army All-American Bowl

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl is played each January. The 2007 game will be played on January 6, 2007, at the Alamodome. The bowl game features the nation's top 80 high school football players in an East vs. West match-up and is televised by NBC. Past games have included players like Reggie Bush, Vince Young, Adrian Peterson, and Brady Quinn.^[12] The inaugural game was played on December 30, 2000, at Highlander Stadium at Highland Park High School in Dallas, Texas.^[13] The bowl game was then moved to San Antonio, where the 2002 match was played in front of an Alamo Stadium crowd.^[14] The 2003 game was moved to the Alamodome, where it has been played since. NBC Sports logo NBC Sports is a division of NBC, responsible for the televising of many sports events on the network. ... Reginald Alfred “Reggie” Bush II (born March 2, 1985 in San Diego, California), nicknamed The President, alluding to President Bush, is an American football player who plays for the New Orleans Saints of the NFL and formerly for the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans. ... Vincent Paul Young, Jr. ... Adrian Peterson (born July 1, 1979 in Gainesville, Florida) is an American football running back. ... Brayden Tyler Brady Quinn (born October 27, 1984, Columbus, Ohio) to Robin and Ty Quinn. ... Highland Park High School is located in University Park, Texas. ... Nickname: Motto: Live Large. ... Alamo Stadium is a 23,000 seat football stadium in San Antonio, Texas. ...

University Interscholastic League 5A Division I and II Football Championship games

The Alamodome was the site for the 2006 state high school football championship games for University Interscholastic League Class 5A Divisions I and II. On December 23, 2006, Southlake Carroll took the Class 5A Division I title after defeating Austin Westlake,^[15] and Cedar Hill took the Class 5A Division II title after defeating Cypress Falls.^[16] The 2007 Class 5A Division I and II high school football championship games are also scheduled to be played in the facility. The stadium also regularly hosts playoff games in earlier rounds. The University Interscholastic League or UIL is an organization which creates rules for and sometimes administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public elementary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas. ...

Future events and tenants

Aside from the annual Alamo Bowl and certain high school events, future events scheduled for the Alamodome include the 2007 Big 12 Championship Game, the 2008 NCAA Men's Final Four, and the 2010 NCAA Women's Final Four. In addition, the Dallas Cowboys preseason training camps will be held each summer in the Alamodome from 2007 to 2011. The Alamodome will also be home to a All American Football League team in 2008. The Big 12 Championship Game is a college football game held by the Big 12 Conference each year. ... // Final four redirects here. ... The NCAA Womens Division I Championship is an annual basketball tournament for women. ... The All American Football League is a professional league of American football. ...

Another potential tenant for the Alamodome has been discussed. The University of Texas at San Antonio is considering forming a football program, and according to a January 23, 2006, report in the university's student newspaper, The Paisano, the new team would possibly play their home games in the Alamodome.^[17] UTSA is San Antonios largest university. ... The Paisano is an independent student-run newspaper of the University of Texas at San Antonio. ...

Trivia

• The South Texas Billy Graham Crusade, a free event on April 6, 1997, has the highest announced crowd in Alamodome history with 66,835.

• In 1993, the TV sitcom Coach aired an episode in which title character Hayden Fox led his Minnesota State Screaming Eagles to victory in the Pioneer Bowl, held at the Alamodome, winning the National Championship. In real life, Florida State won the National Championship that season.

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Other notable attendance marks include: This article is becoming very long. ... The 2006 Iowa Hawkeyes football team completed the season with a 6-7 record. ... Head Coach Joe Paterno 42nd Year, 363-121-3 Home Stadium Beaver Stadium Capacity 107,282 - Grass Conference Big Ten First Year 1887 Athletic Director Tim Curley Website GoPSUSports. ... Head Coach Dennis Franchione 4th Year, 25-23 Home Stadium Kyle Field Capacity 82,600 - Natural Grass Conference Big 12 - South First Year 1894 Website AggieAthletics. ... Oklahoma State Cowboys (Cowgirls for womens teams) are the athletic teams that represent Oklahoma State University. ... Head Coach Jim Tressel 7th Year, 62-14 Home Stadium Ohio Stadium Capacity 101,568 - Grass Conference Big Ten First Year 1889 Athletic Director Gene Smith Website OhioStateBuckeyes. ... The Iowa Hawkeyes are an American football team that compete as a member of the Big Ten Conference in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I-A and represent the University of Iowa. ... Texas Tech University is a nationally recognized doctoral/research university located in Lubbock, Texas, established in 1923 originally as Texas Technological College. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Head Coach Lloyd Carr 13th Year, 113-36 Home Stadium Michigan Stadium Capacity 107,501 - Field Turf Conference Big Ten First Year 1879 Athletic Director William C. Martin Website MGoBlue. ... City West Point, New York Team Colors Black and Gold Head Coach Bobby Ross Home Stadium Michie Stadium League/Conference affiliations Division I-A Independent (1890-1997, 2005-present) Conference USA (1998-2004) Team history All-Time Record: 628-422-51 Bowl Record: 2-2-0 National Championships (3) 1914...

• 60,525: 1997 WWF Royal Rumble^[1]
• 58,891: 1993 Julio César Chávez-Pernell Whitaker boxing match^[1]
• 48,709: Paul McCartney's 1993 New World Tour concert^[1]
• 44,468: 2004 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship Game, Georgia Tech vs. Connecticut (a facility record for basketball)^[18]
• 40,509: 1998 NCAA Men's Final Four Championship Game, Utah vs. Kentucky^[19]
• 39,554: 1999 NBA Finals (Game 2), New York Knicks vs. San Antonio Spurs^[1]
• 36,037: 1996 NBA All-Star Game^[20]
• 29,619: 2002 NCAA Women's Final Four Championship Game, Oklahoma vs. Connecticut (the largest turnout to an NCAA women's basketball game)^[21]
• 22,043: 1995 Calgary Stampeders vs. San Antonio Texans^[22]
• 19,211: 1997 Phoenix Roadrunners vs. San Antonio Dragons^[1]

Promotional poster of Royal Rumble 1997, featuring Shawn Michaels Royal Rumble 1997 was the tenth annual Royal Rumble professional wrestling pay-per-view event from the World Wrestling Federation. ... For this mans son, also a boxer, see Julio César Chávez, Jr. ... Pernell Whitaker (born January 2, 1964), nicknamed Sweet Pea, is a retired professional boxer, among the greatest of all-time. ... Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE (born 18 June 1942) is an Academy Award– and Grammy Award–winning English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who first gained worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. ... The Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that play for the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. ... The Connecticut Huskies, also known as the UConn Huskies, are the athletic teams of the University of Connecticut. ... // The University of Utah college football program began play in 1892, the Utes play at Rice-Eccles Stadium, with their first game being played there in 1927. ... The Kentucky Wildcats are the mens and womens athletic teams representing the University of Kentucky (UK), a founding member of the Southeastern Conference. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The University of Oklahoma features 17 varsity sports teams. ... The Calgary Stampeders are a Canadian Football League team based in Calgary, Alberta. ... The Phoenix RoadRunners are an ECHL hockey team that began play in the 2005-2006 season in Phoenix, Arizona. ...

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External links

• Official Website of the Alamodome
• Official Website of the Alamo Bowl

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	San Antonio, Texas
Attractions	The Alamo • Arneson River Theater • Fiesta San Antonio • HemisFair '68 • Institute of Texan Cultures • Japanese Tea Gardens • San Antonio Missions National Historical Park • The River Walk • San Antonio Zoo • Texas Transportation Museum • Tower of the Americas • San Antonio Botanical Garden The HemisFair Arena was an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, United States. ... Year 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar) of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The AT&T Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was completed in 2002 as the SBC Center at a cost of $186 million, financed by a local sales tax. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... Superdome redirects here. ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This May 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Superdome redirects here. ... For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ... Image File history File links San_Antonio_Texas_Flag. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: , Counties Bexar County Government  - Mayor Phil Hardberger Area  - City  412. ... Official language(s) No Official Language See languages of Texas Capital Austin Largest city Houston Area  Ranked 2nd  - Total 261,797 sq mi (678,051 km²)  - Width 773 miles (1,244 km)  - Length 790 miles (1,270 km)  - % water 2. ... ... The Arneson River theater routinely features local acts that draw large crowds throughout the year. ... Fiesta San Antonio (or simply Fiesta) is an annual event in which the citizens of San Antonio, Texas, celebrate their citys diverse history, heritage, and culture for 10 days in April. ... HemisFair 68 was the first officially designated worlds fair (or international exposition) held in the Southwest United States. ... The Institute of Texan Cultures is a museum and library located in HemisFair Park in central San Antonio, Texas. ... The San Antonio Japanese Tea Gardens (also known as the Sunken Gardens) is a registered Texas historical landmark in San Antonio, Texas. ... San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas. ... The River Walk at St. ... The San Antonio Zoological Gardens and Aquarium is an Association of Zoos and Aquariums-accredited zoo in San Antonio, Texas, United States. ... Texas Transportation Museums logo Located in San Antonio, Texas, the Texas Transportation Museum (TTM) is an all volunteer organization that collects, preserves and displays transportation equipment and related items. ... Downtown San Antonio features the historic San Fernando Cathedral, the Tower Life Building and the Tower of The Americas. ... The San Antonio Botanical Garden (33 acres) is a non-profit botanical garden located at 555 Funston Place, San Antonio, Texas. ...
Entertainment	Alamodome • AT&T Center • Fiesta Noche del Rio • Freeman Coliseum • Nelson W. Wolff Stadium • San Antonio Missions (Baseball) • San Antonio Rampage • San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo • San Antonio Spurs • SeaWorld • Fiesta Texas • Splashtown The AT&T Center is an indoor arena located in San Antonio, Texas, USA. It was completed in 2002 as the SBC Center at a cost of $186 million, financed by a local sales tax. ... The 2007 season Fiesta Noche del Rio is a seasonal outdoor performance which features the songs and dances of Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Texas. ... The Joe and Harry Freeman Coliseum, built in 1949, has been host to thousands of events including the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo, concerts, trade shows, motor sports, circus, professional sports including professional bull riding, basketball, hockey, boxing and wrestling. ... Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium is a stadium in San Antonio, Texas. ... League Texas League Division South Division Year founded 1968 Major League affiliation San Diego Padres Home ballpark Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium Previous home ballparks City San Antonio, Texas Current uniform colors white, gold and black Previous uniform colors Logo design The wordmark Missions in white with black drop shadow. ... The San Antonio Rampage are an ice hockey team in the American Hockey League. ... The San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo in San Antonio, Texas, USA is one of the largest Livestock Shows & Rodeos in the country. ... The San Antonio Spurs are an American professional basketball team based in San Antonio, Texas. ... SeaWorld San Antonio is a 250-acre marine-life theme park located in the Westover Hills area of San Antonio, Texas. ... Six Flags Fiesta Texas is a 200-acre theme park located at 29. ... Splashtown San Antonio is a water park located in San Antonio, Texas. ...
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