Rice-Eccles Stadium is an outdoor football stadium on the campus of the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is the home field of the Utah Utes of the Mountain West Conference. It was originally built in 1927 at a cost of $133,000. The stadium was improved in 1972 and rebuilt in 1998 for the 2002 Winter Olympics; the Opening and Closing Ceremonies were held at the stadium, which was temporarily renamed "Rice-Eccles Olympic Stadium." The stadium also hosted the massive Day of Celebration in July 2005.