This Day in Dome History: June 11
6/11/2006 8:52:41 PM | Dome 25
The Carrier Dome has become an important asset to Syracuse University, especially the SU Department of Athletics. However, the City of Syracuse has also benefitted from its construction in the late 1970's as it opened in the Fall of 1980. The Syracuse City School District has used the facility, including on this date in 1987 when it hosted the City Schools Fun Run.
More than 23.5 million people have passed through the revolving doors of the Carrier Dome since the building’s first public event on September 20, 1980. Throughout the 2005-06 SU athletics seasons the University will celebrate the first 25 years of the Loud House.
In the first 25 years of the Dome, more than 1,740 events were staged, including collegiate, professional and high school athletics events, University commencement, concerts, a circus, and community events. These activities are chronicled in the more than 100 photographs that are currently in the concourse of the Dome. Fans who attend events in the Dome can re-live the memories with these photos.
