Kibbie Dome, Indoor stadium at University of Idaho, Moscow, United States
Kibbie Dome is an indoor stadium at the University of Idaho featuring a barrel-arched roof structure and artificial turf playing surface. The facility can be configured to accommodate different sports and events with flexible seating for various audience sizes.
Construction of the concrete grandstands began in February 1971, after a fire destroyed the condemned wooden Neale Stadium in November 1969. The outdoor stadium opened on October 9, 1971, with a 40–3 win over Idaho State before 14,200. After the 1974 season, a barrel-arched roof and vertical end walls were added, and it reopened enclosed on September 27, 1975, renamed for benefactor William H. Kibbie, who gave $300,000.
The name honors William H. Kibbie, a Salt Lake City contractor and former UI student who gave $300,000 in 1974 to start the funding drive; "ASUI" in the former name stands for Associated Students of the University of Idaho. Basketball was played here from January 21, 1976, and the converted court was called the Cowan Spectrum from 2001 until ICCU Arena opened in 2021.
The playing surface sits at 2,610 feet (795 m) above sea level, so the air is thinner than at most college venues. The barrel-arched roof and vertical end walls enclose the field completely, and the deep opening on the left of the lower facade marks a main way in. The stadium stands on the site of the demolished Neale Stadium.
The roof that covers the stadium was built by Trus Joist of Boise from engineered wood rather than steel or aluminum, and it won the 1976 Structural Engineering Achievement Award from the American Society of Civil Engineers. The enclosure took ten months and about $1 million.
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