This Day in Dome History: June 3
6/3/2006 3:10:58 PM | Dome 25
While the Carrier Dome is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Syracuse University celebrated its 125th anniversary with a dinner in the Dome on this date in 1995. The commorative dinner is one of three events to take place in the facility on this date during the past 25 years.
The first event to take place on this date in the Dome was in 1986 when the Syracuse City School District held its Fun Run. In 1989, Syracuse University hosted the Kumbak Dinner on this date.
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.
