In addition to boasting one of the most picturesque settings for college football with App State’s campus and the natural beauty of the High Country serving as a backdrop, Kidd Brewer Stadium also stakes claim to being one of the toughest venues in the nation.
Going into its 60th season in the venerable stadium, which opened as Conrad Stadium on Sept. 15, 1962, App State boasts a 257-77-5 all-time record at home, including wins in 103 of its last 122 home games going into the 2021 season.
With the construction of the $50 million north end zone facility, removal of the track and installation of new turf, The Rock received a new look in 2020. The 88,233-square-foot north end zone facility, which was completely finished in spring 2021, houses a new football locker room, weight room, offices and team areas, as well as 1,000 club level seats, athletic training spaces, retail and dining service facilities. A new plaza and statue to honor Hall of Fame coach Jerry Moore will open at the north end of the facility in fall 2021.
App State led the FBS Sun Belt Conference in home football attendance in 2016, 2017 and 2019, averaging 25,787 fans in Boone during the 2017 season, 23,351 fans per regular-season home game in 2018 and 23,806 fans per home game during a 13-1 season in 2019.
Kidd Brewer Stadium’s seating capacity is 30,000, and Wake Forest’s visit to Boone in 2017 attracted a record crowd of 35,126. The record was broken just one year after Miami’s visit to The Rock drew a crowd of 34,658.
Kidd Brewer Stadium is part of the Mark E. Ricks Athletics Complex. Thanks to philanthropic funding through A Mountaineer Impact, the video board display in 2017 increased to three times the size of the previous board.
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