BYU Football Still Has Largest Big 12 Stadium After Capacity Change
Sep 4, 2024, 7:08 PM
LaVell Edwards Stadium remains the largest Big 12 football stadium after slight dip in capacity. (Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
(Isaac Hale, Deseret News)
PROVO, Utah – BYU football continues to have the largest stadium in the Big 12 Conference.
After the athletic department added new seating for corporate sponsors on the east and west sidelines inside LaVell Edwards Stadium, the capacity dropped from 63,470 to 62,073.
BYU football stadium capacity in 2024: 62,073
It was a capacity crowd during their first game of the season with the new seating capacity.
#BYU's official attendance for tonight's game against Southern Illinois is 63,712.
The new capacity at LES is 62,073.#BYUFootball
— Mitch Harper (@Mitch_Harper) September 1, 2024
Despite the slight dip in total capacity at LaVell Edwards Stadium, BYU still has the largest stadium in the 16-team Big 12 Conference.
After the departures of Texas and Oklahoma, BYU became owner of the biggest stadium in the league.
The next biggest stadium after BYU’s is Iowa State’s Jack Trice Stadium, which has a capacity of 61,500. So BYU has a 573-seat edge on the Cyclones.
Four Big 12 stadiums have a capacity of at least 60,000, and six others are between 50 and 54,000. The smallest stadium in the Big 12 is the historic Nippert Stadium in Cincinnati. Cincinnati’s capacity is 38,007 for the 2024 season.
Big 12 Football Stadiums Ranked by Capacity
Capacity totals as of 2024 season
1. BYU | Lavell Edwards Stadium | 62,073
2. Iowa State | Jack Trice Stadium | 61,500
3. Texas Tech | Jones AT&T Stadium | 60,454
4. West Virginia | Milan Puskar Stadium | 60,000
5. Arizona State | Mountain America Stadium | 53,599
6. Oklahoma State | Boone Pickens Stadium | 52,305
7. Utah | Rice-Eccles Stadium | 51,444
8. Arizona | Arizona Stadium | 50,800
9. Colorado | Folsom Field | 50,183
10. Kansas State | Bill Snyder Family Stadium | 50,000
11. TCU | Amon G. Carter Stadium | 46,000
12. Baylor | McLane Stadium | 45,140
13. UCF | FBC Mortgage Stadium | 44,206
14. Kansas | David Booth Memorial Stadium | Low 40,000s (Opening in Fall 2025)
15. Houston | TDECU Stadium | 40,000
16. Cincinnati | Carson Field at Historic Nippert Stadium | 38,007
Mitch Harper is a BYU Insider for KSLsports.com and hosts the Cougar Tracks Podcast (SUBSCRIBE) and Cougar Sports Saturday (12–3 p.m.) on KSL Newsradio. Follow Mitch’s coverage of BYU in the Big 12 Conference on X: @Mitch_Harper.
