Capacity 10,000 Phone +1 605-677-8840 | Opened 1979 | |
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Address 1101 N Dakota St, Vermillion, SD 57069, USA Similar University of South Dakota, Frost Arena, Coughlin–Alumni Stadium, Howard Wood Field, Spirit Mound | ||
Dakotadome transformation
The DakotaDome is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on N. Dakota Street in Vermillion, South Dakota. Opened in 1979 for a cost of $8.2 million, it is home to the University of South Dakota Coyotes for numerous athletic events, including football, men's and women's swimming and diving, and track. The DakotaDome is also the home site for the NAIA school Briar Cliff University football team located 25 miles to the southeast in Sioux City, Iowa. The DakotaDome hosts other events throughout the year, including the South Dakota high school football championships each November. In 2014 a proposal for a new basketball arena went through and construction began just south of the Dome. The new arena, the Sanford Coyote Sports Center, which seats 6,000, first opened for the 2016 women's volleyball season (NCAA women's volleyball is a fall sport, preceding the college basketball season).
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Formerly an air-supported structure, numerous roof collapses led to it being replaced by a $13.7 million steel roof in 2001.