Mackay Stadium is an outdoor athletic stadium in the western United States, located on the campus of the University of Nevada in Reno, Nevada. The home venue for Nevada Wolf Pack football and women's soccer in the Mountain West Conference. it is named in honor of the Mackay family, particularly John William Mackay and his son Clarence H. Mackay, who donated funding to build the original stadium in 1909.
History
Located on the northern portion of campus, at 17th Street & East Stadium Way, the stadium opened on October 1, 1966, with a seating capacity of 7,500. It replaced the original Mackay Stadium, formerly located in the bowl containing Hilliard Plaza, the Mack Social Sciences building and the Reynolds School of Journalism. Both stadiums were named for the Mackay family, who were university benefactors in the early years of the school. The stadium currently seats 27,000 and has played to crowds in excess.
The field is aligned northwest to southeast, at an elevation of above sea level, with the press box on the southwest sideline.
Renovations
Permanent lighting was installed in 2003 to allow the option of night games. In 2013, the playing surface at Mackay Stadium was named Chris Ault Field in honor of the former Wolf Pack head coach, College Football Hall of Famer, creator of the Pistol offense in 2004 and for his contributions to Wolf Pack football. Due to a $1.3 million sponsorship of the 2022 turf replacement, the stadium's playing surface is now officially referred to as "Chris Ault Field presented by ITS Logistics."
Attendance
The Wolf Pack football single–season attendance record was set in 1991 with a total of 180,457 fans over nine home games, including playoffs; and the regular-season attendance record was set at 151,081 fans in 1993.||UNLV||Loss, 22–27||October 26, 2013
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|3.||32,327 (sellout)||Boise State||Loss, 46–51||October 4, 2014
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|4.||31,900 (sellout)||UNLV||Loss, 12–16||October 4, 2003
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|5.||30,712 (sellout)||Boise State||Won, 34–31 (OT)||November 26, 2010
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|6.||30,420||Boise State||Loss, 21–27||December 1, 2012
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|9.||29,551||UNLV||Loss, 17–23||October 3, 2015
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|10.||29,167||UNLV||Won, 51–20||October 29, 2021
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|12.||28,809||California||Won, 52–31||September 17, 2010
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|13.||28,631||Boise State||Loss, 34–41||November 22, 2008
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|17.||27,052||UC Davis||Won, 36–7||September 7, 2013
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|18.||26,866||Washington State||Won, 24–13||September 5, 2014
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|20.||25,978||UNLV||Won, 37–0||October 8, 2011
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|21.||25,804||Boise State||Loss, 7–38||November 25, 2006
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|23.||25,446||UNLV||Won, 27–20||September 29, 2007
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Top 10 season average attendance records
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|1.||1993||23,862||6 games||143,172||7–5
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|6.||2012||22,170||6 games||133,022||7–6
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|10.||1992