(Radio Iowa) – The University of Northern Iowa Athletic Department announced it is looking to sell the naming rights for the UNI-Dome (U-nee Dome) for the first time in the facility’s 50-year history. The indoor stadium on the Cedar Falls campus is home to U-N-I football and the Iowa high school football championships. It has hosted concerts, home shows and many other events. It was the host of Panther basketball until a separate facility was built. U-N-I president Mark Nook told the Board of Regents at their recent meeting that NIL and revenue sharing have had a big impact on the school’s sports budget.
Nook didn’t mention the naming rights to the UNI-Dome, but indicated they were looking at a lot of ways to increase sports revenue.
The university has recently invested millions of dollars in upgrading the facility as it hits its 50-year anniversary. That includes wider seating, more restrooms, upgraded infrastructure with a new seating capacity of approximately 12-thousand-200 with the ability to reach nearly 20-thousand with certain configurations. U-N-I’s 2027 fiscal year sports budget is nearly 16-point-six million dollars. That compares to 182 million dollars for the University of Iowa and 145 million for Iowa State University.
