Turner & Margaret Branch Field | |
Location in the United States Location in New Mexico | |
Former names | Dreamstyle Stadium (2017–2020) |
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Address | 1111 University Boulevard SE |
Location | University of New Mexico Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. |
Coordinates | 35°4′1″N 106°37′42″W / 35.06694°N 106.62833°W |
Owner | University of New Mexico |
Operator | University of New Mexico |
Capacity | 39,224 (2010–present)
Former capacity: List
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Record attendance | 44,760 (vs. New Mexico State, 2005) |
Surface | FieldTurf (2012–present) Natural grass (1960–2011) |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 1958 |
Opened | September 17, 1960[2] |
Construction cost | $4.1 million ($42.2 million in 2023[1]) |
Architect | W.C. Kruger and Associates |
Tenants | |
New Mexico Lobos (NCAA) (1960–present) New Mexico Bowl (NCAA) (2006–present) | |
Website | |
golobos.com/stadium |
University Stadium (officially Dreamstyle Stadium from 2017 to 2020) is an outdoor football stadium in the western United States, located on the south campus of the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[3] It is the home field of New Mexico Lobos football, which competes as a member of the Mountain West Conference.
The stadium opened 64 years ago in September 1960,[2] and currently has a seating capacity of 39,224. Its FieldTurf playing surface, named "Turner & Margaret Branch Field", has a traditional north-south alignment and sits nearly a mile above sea level, at an elevation of 5,100 feet (1,555 m).[4]