Rice-Eccles Stadium

E46795

multi-purpose stadium outdoor stadium stadium

Rice-Eccles Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, best known for hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics and serving as the home field for the University of Utah Utes football team.

Aliases (1)

Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium ×1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multi-purpose stadium → outdoor stadium → stadium →
architect	HOK Sport →
brokeGround	1997 →
capacity	51000 →
capacityAfterRenovation	51711 →
city	Salt Lake City →
conferenceOfPrimaryTenant	Big 12 Conference →
country	United States →
elevation	about 4700 feet →
formerName	Rice Stadium → Ute Stadium →
hasFacility	club seating → luxury suites → press box →
hasFieldOrientation	north-south →
hasRenovation	expansion completed 2021 →
hasScoreboard	video scoreboard →
homeVenueOf	Utah Utes football team →
hostedEvent	2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony → 2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony → Monster Jam → Supercross motorcycle racing →
isHomeFieldOf	University of Utah Utes football team →
leagueOfPrimaryTenant	NCAA Division I FBS →
locatedIn	Salt Lake City → United States → Utah →
namedAfter	Robert L. Rice → Spencer Eccles →
opened	1998 →
operatedBy	University of Utah →
ownedBy	University of Utah →
partOf	University of Utah campus →
primaryUse	college football →
publicTransit	UTA TRAX Red Line →
region	Wasatch Front →
state	Utah →
surface	FieldTurf →
tenants	Real Salt Lake (former) → Salt Lake Stallions (former) → Utah Utes football team →
usedFor	American football → concerts → motorsports events → soccer →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
2002 Winter Olympics → XIX Olympic Winter Games →	mainStadium
Merlin Olsen ("Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium") →	fieldNamedAfter