ICCU Dome

{{Short description|Athletic stadium at Idaho State University}} {{distinguish|text=Idaho Central Arena in Boise or the ICCU Arena in Moscow}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox venue | name = ICCU Dome | nickname = | logo_image = | logo_caption = | image = Holt Arena, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.jpg | image_size = 250 | caption = View from northeast in 2008 | mapframe = yes | mapframe-zoom = 12 | fullname = | former_names = ASISU Minidome (1970–1988) Holt Arena (1988–2023) | address = 550 Memorial Drive | location = Idaho State University Pocatello, Idaho, U.S. | coordinates = {{Coord|42.870|N|112.429|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | elevation = {{convert|4560|ft|round=5}} AMSL | broke_ground = October 1, 1968 | built = | opened = {{Start date and age|1970|05|09|br=yes}} {{small|(spring game)}}<ref name=iswam>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LJBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WEoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,2782214 |newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|last=Ferguson|first=George|title=Idaho State: What a Mini!|date=May 12, 1970|page=C-1}}</ref><ref name=spmwop>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XbZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4357%2C1713423 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=Idaho |agency=Associated Press |title=Spring game will open ISU dome |date=May 9, 1970 |page=12}}</ref> | pushpin_map = USA#Idaho | pushpin_map_caption = Location in the United States##Location in Idaho | pushpin_mapsize = 250 | pushpin_label = Pocatello | pushpin_relief = yes | renovated = 2022–2023 | expanded = | closed = | demolished = | owner = Idaho State University | operator = Idaho State University | surface = SoftTop Matrix artificial turf (2011–present) Poly-Turf,<ref name=mdjfon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5376%2C4385658 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title='Mini-Dome' just first of new Big Sky stadia |date=September 13, 1970 |page=10, fb}}</ref><ref name=pmdsmp/> AstroTurf (1970–2010) | scoreboard = | cost = $2.8 million<ref name=pmdsmp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a8BOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520,3610483|newspaper=Deseret News|location=Salt Lake City, Utah|title=Pocatello's Mini-Dome Serves Maxi-Purpose|last=Checketts|first=Brent|date=February 19, 1970|page=B-14}}</ref><ref name=iswam/> (${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|2800000|1970}}}} in {{inflation/year|US}} {{inflation-fn|US}}) | architect = | project_manager = | structural_engineer = | services_engineer = | general_contractor = | main_contractors = | capacity = 12,000 (football)   8,000 (basketball) | suites = | record_attendance = 13,895 (football) November 22, 1980 vs. Boise State<ref name="fcs">[http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/teams-stadiums-directory/big-sky-conference/idaho-state-bengals-holt-arena/ Idaho State Bengals | Holt Arena], ChampionshipSubdivision.com. (accessed 4 September 2013)</ref> | dimensions = | acreage = | volume = | tenants = Idaho State Bengals (Big Sky, NCAA) (1970–present) | embedded = | website = {{URL|https://isubengals.com/facilities/holt-arena/8}} | public_transit = Pocatello Regional Transit }}

The '''ICCU Dome''' is an indoor multi-purpose athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of Idaho State University (ISU) in Pocatello, Idaho. It is the home field of the Idaho State Bengals of the Big Sky Conference and sits at an elevation of {{convert|4560|ft|-1}} above sea level.<ref name="elevation">[http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=12&X=479&Y=5933&W=2&qs=%7cPocatello%7cID%7c USGS topographic map of Holt Arena]. MSR Maps. Accessed 6 January 2008.</ref>

==History== Originally the '''ASISU Minidome''', named after the Associated Students of Idaho State University, who funded construction,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27966714/decision_likely_next_week_on_dome_name/ |title=Decision Likely Next Week on Dome Name |newspaper=Idaho State Journal |location=Pocatello, Idaho |page=2 |date=October 31, 1969 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |via=newspaper.com}}</ref> it opened {{Years or months ago|1970}} in 1970 at the north end of the ISU campus.<ref name=mdjfon/><ref name=iswam/> The indoor facility replaced the outdoor "Spud Bowl" (now Davis Field) as the Bengals' home football stadium.<ref name=iswam/><ref name=irfanew>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1bZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4997%2C229518|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|title=Idaho rivalry flares anew at Spud Bowl|date=November 16, 1963 |page=8}}</ref> Its first event was the Bengals' spring football game on May 9, held on a rainy Saturday night.<ref name=iswam/><ref name=spmwop/>

The venue became '''Holt Arena''' in 1988 to honor Milton W. "Dubby" Holt (1914–2007),<ref name=dssmthng>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6500%2C3423357 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Dubby started some things |date=January 9, 1989 |page=13 }}</ref><ref name=icsudsr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ltwnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3481%2C5523335 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Idaho State icon Dubby Holt dies |date=January 9, 2007 |page=C1}}</ref> ISU's athletic director from 1967 to 1989. As assistant athletic director, Holt conceived the indoor arena in 1966 and it was designed by architect Cedric M. Allen. Although a controversial design proposal for the time, ISU students voted to appropriate not more than $2.8 million to the project two years later.<ref name=iswam/> The arena was built entirely with these voluntary student funds.<ref name="iptv">[http://idptv.state.id.us/buildingbig/domes/holt.html Holt Arena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106042908/http://www.idptv.state.id.us/buildingbig/domes/holt.html |date=2009-11-06 }}, Idaho Public Television. (accessed 4 September 2013)</ref> With over 56% in favor, ISU students approved a $12 increase in semester fees to fund the stadium in early 1968.<ref name=sdcisuvot>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=laQpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4272%2C876032 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU students vote on site |date=January 11, 1968 |page=21}}</ref><ref name=isvote>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZdUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6465%2C2795630 |newspaper=Miami News |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho students vote to build domed stadium |date=January 13, 1968 |page=3B }}</ref>

It is the oldest enclosed stadium on a college campus in the United States and the second-oldest overall.<ref name="old">[http://isubengals.cstv.com/facilities/idsu-facilities.html Facilities - Idaho State University Bengals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011152650/http://isubengals.cstv.com/facilities/idsu-facilities.html |date=2007-10-11 }} Accessed 6 January 2008</ref> Only the Astrodome in Houston, completed in 1965, predates it. Since the Astrodome's closure in 2006, Holt Arena has been the oldest enclosed stadium in use.<ref name="code violations">{{cite web|url=http://www.click2houston.com/news/16918767/detail.html |title=Astrodome Hit With Code Violations |access-date=2008-07-18 |publisher=click2houston.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722053539/http://www.click2houston.com/news/16918767/detail.html |archive-date=2008-07-22 }}</ref> The football field is aligned east-west and the arched roof runs length-wise; maximum height is above midfield and decreases toward the end zones.

The original artificial turf installed in 1970 was Poly-Turf.<ref name=mdjfon/><ref name=pmdsmp/><ref name=iswam/> After 41 football seasons on Poly-Turf and AstroTurf, infilled synthetic turf was installed in Holt Arena in July 2011. Similar to FieldTurf, the SoftTop Removable Matrix System<ref>[http://www.isubengals.com/news/2011/6/2/FB_0602115011.aspx ISUBengals.com] - Hellas Construction to Install New Holt Arena Turf - 2011-06-02 - accessed 2011-09-22</ref> is also installed in AT&T Stadium in the NFL. Holt Arena underwent major renovations planned to be completed by the 2023 season. A new turf was designed as part of the renovations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holt Arena to Undergo Major Renovation Project|url=https://www.isu.edu/news/2021-fall/holt-arena-to-undergo-major-renovation-project.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Idaho State University|language=en}}</ref>{{update inline|date=October 2023}}

In 2024, it was officially renamed the '''ICCU Dome''' on January 9, following an announcement by the university, in conjunction with Idaho Central Credit Union (ICCU), and approved by the state board of education.<ref>{{cite press release|title=In Partnership With ICCU, ISU Athletics Announces Landmark Contribution To Rename Holt Arena|url=https://isubengals.com/news/2024/1/9/general-in-partnership-with-iccu-isu-athletics-announces-landmark-contribution-to-rename-holt-arena.aspx|website=ISUBengals.com|date=January 9, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>

==Additional uses== The ICCU Dome also serves as home for the ISU indoor track and field team and men's basketball team. It also hosts high school football games, the famous Simplot Games high school indoor track meet, along with other sporting events, rodeos, concerts, monster truck shows, and other activities.

During ISU's run in basketball to the Elite Eight in 1977, they won the Big Sky regular season title, which allowed them to host the four-team conference tournament,<ref name=gmsitf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zTtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6913%2C1377961 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Gonzaga, Montana State in tough but not without chances |date=March 4, 1977 |page=31}}</ref> which they also won.<ref name=isdwbr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zztOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6325%2C2367202 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Idaho State dumps Weber, earns title and NCAA berth |date=March 6, 1977 |page=D2}}</ref> The Bengals were allowed to stay home for the first round of the 32-team NCAA tournament, as the Minidome had a pair of first round games (sub-regionals) on Saturday, March 12.<ref name=prg77mst>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EnpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3BEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7254%2C2571740 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=NCAA pairings |date=March 12, 1977 |page=2, part 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1977/03/21/616737/the-sixteen-sweetest-fight-for-a-kiss|magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=McDermott |first=Barry |title=The Sixteen Sweetest Fight For A Kiss |date=March 21, 1977 |page=28}}</ref> UCLA defeated Louisville and hometown ISU beat Long Beach State. (Five days later, Idaho State stunned UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen at the West regional in Provo, Utah.)<ref name=ufsissla>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BdFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IX8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6533%2C4610884|newspaper=Deseret News |location=Salt Lake City, Utah|last=Benson |first=Lee |title=Utes fall short, Idaho State stuns UCLA |date=March 18, 1977 |page=6B}}</ref><ref name=amzbngla>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6352%2C927621 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Amazin' Bengals knock out UCLA |date=March 18, 1977 |page=29}}</ref> Between the Big Sky tourney and the NCAA games, the venue also hosted the state's three-day A-1 (now 5A) high school championship tournament.<ref name=hpidch>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5vlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7fgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599%2C3104671 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington|agency=Associated Press |title=Hoop scores: Idaho |date=March 12, 1977|page=11}}</ref>

Following the success of the Minidome, several other colleges built enclosed stadiums, including the Kibbie Dome at the University of Idaho in Moscow, which was enclosed in 1975 after four years as an outdoor stadium, and the Walkup Skydome at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, opened in 1977.

It is one of three indoor football stadiums currently in use in the Big Sky Conference, along with the Kibbie Dome and Walkup Skydome. During the final six seasons of Idaho's absence from Big Sky football (2012–2017), the Alerus Center at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks was another indoor stadium used in Big Sky football, but UND left the Big Sky after the 2017 football season for the Missouri Valley Football Conference, home to three other football programs that play in domes (North Dakota State, Northern Iowa, and South Dakota).

The venue features {{convert|194400|sqft|m2}} of floor space; the building is recessed {{convert|20|ft|0|spell=in}} below grade and rises {{convert|89|ft}} above grade at its highest point.<ref name="iptv" /> It hosted the 2018 convention of the Idaho Republican Party in late June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idgop.org/2018-state-convention-hotels/ |title=Hotel Information |website=idgop.org |access-date=April 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417210025/http://www.idgop.org/2018-state-convention/ |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>

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