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NAU football was previously played outdoors on natural grass at Lumberjack Stadium. [9] [10] The dome hosted the Big Sky men's basketball tournament in 1987, 1997, 1998, and 2006. For its first six years, the Walkup Skydome was the world's largest clear-span timber dome, until the completion of the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington, in 1983. [11]
Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [8] Founded in 1899, it was the final university established in the Arizona Territory. [9] NAU is one of the three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. [10]
NAU Lumberjacks cross country Lumberjack Stadium is a 1,000 seat multi-purpose stadium in Flagstaff, Arizona owned by Northern Arizona University . It is home to the NAU Lumberjacks women's soccer, cross country , and outdoor track and field teams.
Jay Lively Activity Center opened in 1971 under the name "Flagstaff Ice Arena" until 1985 when the name was changed to honor Jay Lively. In 1977 NAU left the arena to play NCAA D-I ice hockey inside the new Walkup Skydome but returned in 1985 after NAU dropped support for the hockey program due to the ice system in the Skydome falling into disrepair.
The team was runner's up at the NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship in 1988, 1995, 2013, 2019, and 2023. [4]Since 2016, the Northern Arizona men's team has been considered as the nation's leading program in NCAA Division I, winning a three-peat National Championship run from 2016 to 2018 and being undefeated in the regular season.
On April 27, 2002, the Michael J. Riordan (west) side was opened for self-guided tours. [ 4 ] The park was scheduled to close on February 22, 2010, for an undetermined amount of time due to state budget cutting, but its contract with the Arizona State Parks system was renewed for another three years under the condition it is self-funded.
Distance runner Mo Farah trains in Flagstaff, Ariz., ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. Farah was one of more than 240 Olympians and Paralympians who trained there before the Summer Games.
The NAU Lumberjacks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Northern Arizona University located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and is a member of the Big Sky Conference. The school's first football team was fielded in 1915.