Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium
Everything the open record has on Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium, a stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah — address, size, access and the events it carries. It seats a stated 45,017.
- Stated capacity
- 45,017
- people, as published
- Opened
- 1927
- 99 years old
- From SLC
- 11 km (6.8 mi)
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- From the centre
- 3.6 km (2.2 mi)
- of Salt Lake City
Figures as published in open data, retrieved 3 September 2026. Capacities vary by layout — confirm the one you want with the venue.
About this venue
It sits in Salt Lake City, 3.6 km (2.2 mi) from the centre of Salt Lake City.
Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium was opened in 1927 and operated by University of Utah, which puts it at 99 years old.
The stated capacity is 45,017, which is stadium scale — the floor and the concourse matter more to an event than the seat count does.
- Operator
- University of Utah
- Owner
- University of Utah
- Official site
- stadium.utah.edu
- Coordinates
- 40.7600, -111.8489
- Classified as
- stadium
Travel to Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium
Allow half an hour each way to Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC), 11 km (6.8 mi) away, and rather more if your first session starts during the morning peak.
The centre of Salt Lake City is 3.6 km (2.2 mi) away, which is a taxi rather than a walk and a reason to publish an arrival map.
Salt Lake City has 47 venues mapped in total and a population of 217,783. The Salt Lake City guide covers the airport, the local time zone and what else is bookable nearby.
What fits in this room
Anything at this scale is a one-room event. It is the 1st largest arena or stadium mapped in Salt Lake City, and like all of them it solves the plenary and none of the rest of the programme.
- award ceremonies
A stage, a bowl of seats and a control room already in place.
- festivals
An audience of 45,017 is festival scale, not conference scale.
- company all-hands
One room, everybody in it, nobody watching on a screen in an overflow space.
A worked example for Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium
A Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium programme at 950 activated attendees — sized to the stated capacity of Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium — prices like this. Nothing is charged for the first 50, and nothing at all is charged past 1,000.
- activated attendees
- 950activated attendees
- billable, after the first 50 are free
- 900billable, after the first 50 are free
- for the whole event, at $5 each
- $4,500for the whole event, at $5 each
You are billed for people, not for the room, so this figure does not change if you move the event down the road. event67 has no floor-plan or booking product — the venue handles the space, the app handles the people in it.
If this one is booked
3 other venues in Salt Lake City have enough published detail for their own guide. Worth a shortlist before you commit.
- Robert Rice Stadium32,500 seats
- Delta Center19,911 seats
- Jon M. Huntsman Center15,000 seats
Where these numbers come from
event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
- Wikidata, CC0
- Venue data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License.
- Geographic data © GeoNames, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Retrieved 3 September 2026. 9 distinct facts from the record are rendered on this page: stated capacity, capacity sizing, year opened, operator, owner, official website, encyclopaedia entry, nearest airport with distance and more.
Last updated
What it costs
- Free up to 50
- activated attendees, on one live event
- $5
- per activated attendee beyond 50
- $4,750
- the most one event can ever cost, whatever happens past 1,000
Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Questions people actually ask
How many people does Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium hold?
Open data records a stated capacity of 45,017 for Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium. That figure is what the venue or an encyclopaedia entry published, and it is usually the maximum seated number — theatre, banquet and reception layouts in the same room can differ by half. Confirm the layout you want directly with the venue.
What does an event app cost for an event at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium?
950 activated attendees means 900 billable after the free 50, so $4,500 for the event. That example is sized to the stated capacity of Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium. The rate is $5 per activated attendee beyond the first 50, and the total for one event stops at $4,750 however many more attend. Activated means the person claimed their invite and opened the app. Not when you import them, not when the invite is delivered, and not if they register and stay home.
Is event67 affiliated with Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium?
No. event67 is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to this venue or its operator. This page is compiled from open data — OpenStreetMap, Wikidata and public census sources — and links to the venue’s own website where one is published.
What else is nearby if Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium is booked?
Robert Rice Stadium (32,500), Delta Center (19,911) and Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,000) are in the same city and have their own pages here. 47 venues in total are mapped in Salt Lake City.
Keep reading
Elsewhere in Salt Lake City
- Robert Rice Stadium
32,500 seats
- Delta Center
19,911 seats
- Jon M. Huntsman Center
15,000 seats
- Hosting an event in Salt Lake City
What kind of event is it
Running an event at Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium?
Bring the schedule, the invites and the arrivals into one branded app. Free for your first 50 activated attendees, on one live event.