Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor college football stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, on the campus of the University of Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Pacific-12 Conference. It served as the main stadium for the 2002 Winter Olympics; the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held at the stadium, which was temporarily renamed "Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium".
The FieldTurf playing field runs in the traditional north-south configuration, and sits at an elevation of 4,657 feet (1,419 m) above sea level, 330 feet (100 m) above downtown Salt Lake City.
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