This Day in Dome History: June 14
6/14/2006 4:27:19 PM | Dome 25
Since the Carrier Dome opened in September, 1980, it has has hosted more than 1,700 events. The 430th event on that list took place on this date in 1987 when the Dome hosted the Festival Hill Open House. The Carrier Dome hosted 65 events during the 1986-87 school year, drawing 861,288 people to the Loud House. The highest attendance for an event that year was the Orange men's basketball game against Georgetown on February 22.
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.
