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Edward Jones Dome Information
Ingenious, imaginative engineering and architectural design allows St. Louis' Edward Jones Dome to be transformed easily from exhibition space to football field to concert venue. It also can be physically connected to and part of the America's Center convention complex.
The $280 million facility opened on November 12, 1995. The inaugural event: an NFL match between the hometown St. Louis Rams and the Carolina Panthers. Since then, the building has hosted major conventions, religious convocations, elaborate trade shows and exhibitions and touring entertainment acts as varied as rock concerts, motocross races and monster truck rallies. And, in combination with the five other America's Center exhibit halls, The Edward Jones Dome was the site of the largest indoor gathering ever held in the United States - the 1999 Mass celebrated by Pope John Paul II. In 2005, the facility hosted the NCAA® Final Four®.
Seating
The Edward Jones Dome provides multiple stadium configurations that can seat up to 70,000 people. Seating levels include: a private luxury suite level, a private club seat and luxury suite level, a concourse level (lower bowl) and terrace level (upper bowl).
Basic Features
Fixed solid opaque roof permits darkened capability with no air-lock problems. Beneath the roof, The Dome features a sealed concrete 104,800 sq. ft. floor with bleachers extended with utility grids on 30 ft. centers. The concrete floor along with a variety of artificial playing surfaces allows for a variety of events including football and basketball games, entertainment events and conventions. The Dome features two 20'x26' color Sony Jumbotron Screens.
Seating Capacity
The Edward Jones Dome provides multiple stadium configurations that can seat up to 67,000 people. Seating levels include: a private luxury suite level, a private club seat and luxury suite level, a concourse level (lower bowl) and terrace level (upper bowl). Chairs may also be placed on the floor for entertainment and basketball events. The floor of The Dome seats up to 13,000 theatre-style and up to 10,500 for banquets. An additional 13 meeting rooms can accommodate from 50 to 1,000 people.
Incentive design features allow The Dome floor to be transformed easily from convention exhibition space to football field to concert venue. The first 14 rows of permanent seats are retractable; they fold back to provide a smooth wall appearance when the exhibit hall floor is being used for exhibits or meetings. A full section of seats is removable allowing exhibits to flow freely from America's Center's five exhibition halls directly into Hall 6, The Dome floor. Connecting all six halls creates 502,000 square feet of contiguous prime exhibit space.
Box Office
The Edward Jones Dome box office is fully computerized. Tickets for Dome events can be purchased at locations throughout St. Louis and the Midwest and by phone.
Lighting
A metal halide lighting system provides up to 300 foot candle illumination at floor level. In most domed facilities, lights are permanently fixed at stadium event height and cannot be lowered to levels preferred for exhibits and trade shows. In the Edward Jones Dome, the grids can be set at 55 feet to provide the best lighting for exhibit hall events or as low as three feet to make attaching decorative banners or changing light bulbs simple. For sports events, the light are set at the full 140 foot height. The Dome's opaque hard ceiling prevents daylight and outside noise from interfering with sophisticated production needs of major events.
Suites and Club Seats
The Edward Jones Dome has 120 suites on two levels, offering 2,710 seats. A 43,000 square foot club level (largest in the country) offers 6,300 extra-wide seats. Both suite and club seat members have the first option to buy tickets to their seats for public events and exclusive access to the "Rams Club" gourmet restaurant.
Food Service/Merchandise
America's Center Catering manages all catering and restaurant services in The Dome and Rams Club. SportsService manages concession and novelty sales in The Dome.
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