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{{Short description|Athletic stadium at Idaho State University}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}}
{{Infobox venue
| name = ICCU Dome
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| image = Holt Arena, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho.jpg
| image_size = 250 
| caption = View from northeast in 2008<!-- (under the former name of Holt Arena). -->
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| fullname =
| former names = ASISU Minidome<br />(1970–1988)<br />Holt Arena<br />(1988–2023)
| address = 550 Memorial Drive
| location = [[Idaho State University]]<br>[[Pocatello, Idaho|Pocatello]], [[Idaho]],<!--83209--> [[United States|U.S.]]
| coordinates = {{Coord|42.870|N|112.429|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|4560|ft|round=5}} [[Height above mean sea level|AMSL]]
| broke_ground = October 1, 1968
| built =
| opened = {{Start date and age|1970|05|09|br=yes}}<br>{{small|(spring game)}}<ref name=iswam>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LJBaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WEoDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6853,2782214 |newspaper=Deseret News|location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|last=Ferguson|first=George|title=Idaho State: What a Mini!|date=May 12, 1970|page=C-1}}</ref><ref name=spmwop>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XbZeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=UjAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=4357%2C1713423 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |location=(Idaho) |agency=Associated Press |title=Spring game will open ISU dome |date=May 9, 1970 |page=12}}</ref>
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| pushpin_map = USA#Idaho
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the [[United States]]##Location in [[Idaho]]
| pushpin_mapsize = 250
| pushpin_label = Pocatello
| pushpin_relief = yes
| renovated = 2022–2023
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| owner = Idaho State University
| operator = Idaho State University
| surface = SoftTop Matrix [[artificial&nbsp;turf]]<br>(2011–present)<br>[[Poly-Turf]],<ref name=mdjfon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=slJWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ie0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=5376%2C4385658 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title='Mini-Dome' just first of new Big Sky stadia  |date=September 13, 1970 |page=10, fb}}</ref><ref name=pmdsmp/> [[AstroTurf]]<br>(1970–2010)
| scoreboard =
| cost = [[United States dollar|$]]2.8 million<ref name=pmdsmp>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=a8BOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=YEkDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4520,3610483|newspaper=Deseret News|location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|title=Pocatello's Mini-Dome Serves Maxi-Purpose|last=Checketts|first=Brent|date=February 19, 1970|page=B-14}}</ref><ref name=iswam/><br>(${{formatprice|{{Inflation|US|2800000|1970}}}} in {{CURRENTYEAR}} {{inflation-fn|US}})
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| capacity = 12,000 ([[College football|football]])<br />&nbsp; 8,000 ([[College basketball|basketball]])
| suites =
| record_attendance = 13,895 (football)<br>November 22, [[1980 Idaho State Bengals football team|1980]]<br>vs. [[1980 Boise State Broncos football team|Boise State]]<ref name="fcs">[http://www.championshipsubdivision.com/teams-stadiums-directory/big-sky-conference/idaho-state-bengals-holt-arena/ Idaho State Bengals | Holt Arena], ChampionshipSubdivision.com. (accessed 4 September 2013)</ref>
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| tenants = [[Idaho State Bengals]] ([[Big Sky Conference|Big Sky]], [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]])<br>(1970–present)
| embedded =
| website = {{URL|https://isubengals.com/facilities/holt-arena/8}}
| publictransit = [[Pocatello Regional Transit]]
}}

The '''ICCU Dome''' is an indoor multi-purpose athletic [[stadium]] in the [[western United States]], located on the campus of [[Idaho State University]] (ISU) in [[Pocatello, Idaho]]. It is the home field of the [[Idaho State Bengals football|Idaho State Bengals]] of the [[Big Sky Conference]] and sits at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|4560|ft|-1}} above [[sea level]].<ref name="elevation">[http://msrmaps.com/image.aspx?T=2&S=12&Z=12&X=479&Y=5933&W=2&qs=%7cPocatello%7cID%7c USGS topographic map of Holt Arena]. [[MSR Maps]]. Accessed 6 January 2008.</ref>

==History==
Originally the '''ASISU Minidome''', named after the Associated Students of Idaho State University, who funded construction,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27966714/decision_likely_next_week_on_dome_name/ |title=Decision Likely Next Week on Dome Name |newspaper=[[Idaho State Journal]] |location=[[Pocatello, Idaho]] |page=2 |date=October 31, 1969 |access-date=February 2, 2019 |via=newspaper.com}}</ref> it opened {{Years or months ago|1970}} in 1970 at the north end of the ISU campus.<ref name=mdjfon/><ref name=iswam/> The indoor facility replaced the outdoor "[[Spud Bowl]]" as the Bengals' home [[Idaho State Bengals football|football]] stadium.<ref name=iswam/><ref name=irfanew>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=1bZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GukDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4997%2C229518|newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|title=Idaho rivalry flares anew at Spud Bowl|date=November 16, 1963 |page=8}}</ref> Its&nbsp;first event was the Bengals' spring football game on May&nbsp;9, held on a rainy Saturday night.<ref name=iswam/><ref name=spmwop/>

The venue became '''Holt Arena''' in 1988 to honor Milton W. "Dubby" Holt (1914–2007),<ref name=dssmthng>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=dTxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9e0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6500%2C3423357 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Dubby started some things |date=January 9, 1989 |page=13 }}</ref><ref name=icsudsr>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ltwnAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PfMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3481%2C5523335 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Idaho State icon Dubby Holt dies |date=January 9, 2007 |page=C1}}</ref> ISU's athletic director from 1967 to 1989. As&nbsp;assistant athletic director, Holt conceived the indoor arena in 1966 and it was designed by architect Cedric M. Allen. Although a controversial design proposal for the time, ISU students voted to appropriate not more than $2.8 million to the project two years later.<ref name=iswam/> The arena was built entirely with these voluntary student funds.<ref name="iptv">[http://idptv.state.id.us/buildingbig/domes/holt.html Holt Arena] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091106042908/http://www.idptv.state.id.us/buildingbig/domes/holt.html |date=2009-11-06 }}, [[Idaho Public Television]]. (accessed 4 September 2013)</ref> With over 56% in favor, ISU students approved a $12 increase in semester fees to fund the stadium in early 1968.<ref name=sdcisuvot>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=laQpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tPcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4272%2C876032 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington) |agency=Associated Press |title=ISU students vote on site |date=January 11, 1968 |page=21}}</ref><ref name=isvote>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZdUzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=sukFAAAAIBAJ&pg=6465%2C2795630 |newspaper=Miami News |agency=Associated Press |title=Idaho students vote to build domed stadium |date=January 13, 1968 |page=3B }}</ref>

It is the oldest enclosed stadium on a college campus in the [[United States]] and the second-oldest overall.<ref name="old">[http://isubengals.cstv.com/facilities/idsu-facilities.html Facilities - Idaho State University Bengals] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011152650/http://isubengals.cstv.com/facilities/idsu-facilities.html |date=2007-10-11 }} Accessed 6 January 2008</ref> Only the [[Astrodome]] in [[Houston]], completed in 1965, predates it. Since the Astrodome's closure in 2006, Holt Arena has been the oldest enclosed stadium in use.<ref name="code violations">{{cite web|url=http://www.click2houston.com/news/16918767/detail.html |title=Astrodome Hit With Code Violations |access-date=2008-07-18 |publisher=click2houston.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722053539/http://www.click2houston.com/news/16918767/detail.html |archive-date=2008-07-22 }}</ref> The&nbsp;football field is aligned east-west and the arched roof runs length-wise; maximum height is above midfield and decreases toward the end zones.

The original [[artificial turf]] installed in 1970 was [[Poly-Turf]].<ref name=mdjfon/><ref name=pmdsmp/><ref name=iswam/> After 41 football seasons on Poly-Turf and [[AstroTurf]], infilled synthetic turf was installed in Holt Arena in July 2011. Similar to [[FieldTurf]], the SoftTop Removable Matrix System<ref>[http://www.isubengals.com/news/2011/6/2/FB_0602115011.aspx ISUBengals.com] - Hellas Construction to Install New Holt Arena Turf - 2011-06-02 - accessed 2011-09-22</ref> is also installed in [[AT&T Stadium]] in the [[National Football League|NFL]]. Holt Arena underwent major renovations planned to be completed by the [[2023 Idaho State Bengals football team|2023]] season. A new turf was designed as part of the renovations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Holt Arena to Undergo Major Renovation Project|url=https://www.isu.edu/news/2021-fall/holt-arena-to-undergo-major-renovation-project.html|access-date=2021-11-12|website=Idaho State University|language=en}}</ref>{{update inline|date=October 2023}}

In [[2024 Idaho State Bengals football team|2024]], it was officially renamed the '''ICCU Dome''' on January 9, following an announcement by the university, in conjunction with [[Idaho Central Credit Union]] (ICCU), and approved by the [[Idaho State Department of Education#Idaho State Board of Education|state board of education]].<ref>{{cite press release|title=In Partnership With ICCU, ISU Athletics Announces Landmark Contribution To Rename Holt Arena|url=https://isubengals.com/news/2024/1/9/general-in-partnership-with-iccu-isu-athletics-announces-landmark-contribution-to-rename-holt-arena.aspx|website=ISUBengals.com|date=January 9, 2024|access-date=January 10, 2024}}</ref>

==Additional uses==
Holt Arena also serves as home for the ISU indoor [[track and field]] team and [[Idaho State Bengals men's basketball|men's basketball]] team. It also hosts [[high school football]] games, the famous [[Simplot Games]] high school indoor track meet, along with other sporting events, rodeos, concerts, monster truck shows, and other activities.

During [[Idaho State Bengals men's basketball|ISU's]] run in basketball to the Elite Eight in [[1977 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|1977]], they won the Big Sky regular season title, which allowed them to host the four-team [[Big Sky Conference men's basketball tournament|conference tournament]],<ref name=gmsitf>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zTtOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6913%2C1377961 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |title=Gonzaga, Montana State in tough but not without chances |date=March 4, 1977 |page=31}}</ref> which they also won.<ref name=isdwbr>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zztOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=su0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6325%2C2367202 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington) |last=Missildine |first=Harry |title=Idaho State dumps Weber, earns title and NCAA berth |date=March 6, 1977 |page=D2}}</ref> The Bengals were allowed to stay home for the first round of the 32-team [[1977 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament|NCAA tournament]], as the Minidome had a pair of first round games (sub-regionals) on Saturday, March 12.<ref name=prg77mst>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EnpQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=3BEEAAAAIBAJ&pg=7254%2C2571740 |newspaper=Milwaukee Sentinel |title=NCAA pairings |date=March 12, 1977 |page=2, part 2}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/vault/1977/03/21/616737/the-sixteen-sweetest-fight-for-a-kiss<!--http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1092186/index.htm-->|magazine=Sports Illustrated |last=McDermott |first=Barry |title=The Sixteen Sweetest Fight For A Kiss |date=March 21, 1977 |page=28}}</ref> [[1976–77 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team|UCLA]] defeated [[Louisville Cardinals men's basketball|Louisville]] and hometown ISU beat [[Long Beach State Beach men's basketball|Long Beach State]]. (Five days later, Idaho State stunned UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen at the West regional in [[Marriott Center|Provo, Utah]].)<ref name=ufsissla>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BdFSAAAAIBAJ&sjid=IX8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6533%2C4610884|newspaper=Deseret News |location=(Salt Lake City, Utah)|last=Benson |first=Lee |title=Utes fall short, Idaho State stuns UCLA |date=March 18, 1977 |page=6B}}</ref><ref name=amzbngla>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=hvBLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uO0DAAAAIBAJ&pg=6352%2C927621 |newspaper=Spokesman-Review |location=(Spokane, Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Amazin' Bengals knock out UCLA |date=March 18, 1977 |page=29}}</ref> Between the Big Sky tourney and the NCAA games, the venue also hosted the state's three-day A-1 (now [[Idaho High School Activities Association#Classification|5A]]) high school championship tournament.<ref name=hpidch>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=5vlLAAAAIBAJ&sjid=7fgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4599%2C3104671 |newspaper=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=(Washington)|agency=Associated Press |title=Hoop scores: Idaho |date=March 12, 1977|page=11}}</ref>
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Following the success of the Minidome, several other colleges built enclosed stadiums, including the [[Kibbie Dome]] at the [[University of Idaho]] in [[Moscow, Idaho|Moscow]], which was enclosed in [[1975 Idaho Vandals football team|1975]] after four years as an outdoor stadium, and the [[Walkup Skydome]] at [[Northern Arizona University]] in [[Flagstaff, Arizona|Flagstaff]], opened in [[1977 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team|1977]].

It is one of three indoor football stadiums currently in use in the Big Sky Conference, along with the Kibbie Dome and Walkup Skydome. During the final six seasons of Idaho's absence from Big Sky football (2012–2017), the [[Alerus Center]] at the [[North Dakota Fighting Hawks football|University of North Dakota]] in [[Grand Forks, North Dakota|Grand Forks]] was another indoor stadium used in Big Sky football, but UND left the Big Sky after the 2017 football season for the [[Missouri Valley Football Conference]], home to three other football programs that play in domes ([[North Dakota State Bison football|North Dakota State]], [[Northern Iowa Panthers football|Northern Iowa]], and [[South Dakota Coyotes football|South Dakota]]).

The venue features {{convert|194400|sqft|m2}} of floor space; the building is recessed {{convert|20|ft|0|spell=in}} below grade and rises {{convert|89|ft}} above grade at its highest point.<ref name="iptv" /> It&nbsp;hosted the 2018 convention of the [[Idaho Republican Party]] in late June.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idgop.org/2018-state-convention-hotels/ |title=Hotel Information |website=idgop.org |access-date=April 25, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180417210025/http://www.idgop.org/2018-state-convention/ |archive-date=April 17, 2018 |via=[[Wayback Machine]]}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums]]
* [[List of NCAA Division I basketball arenas]]

==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* {{official website}}

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 | before = [[Tacoma Dome]]
 | after = [[Paulson Stadium]]
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