Eccles Coliseum is an 8,500-seat multi-purpose stadium in Cedar City, Utah. A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Cedar City is a city in Iron County, Utah, United States, 250 miles south of Salt Lake City on Interstate 15. It is home to the Southern Utah University Thunderbirds football team. Southern Utah University, or SUU is located in Cedar City Utah. Football is the word given to a number of similar Team sports all of which involve (to varying degrees kicking a Ball with the foot in an attempt to score a A team comprises a group of people or Animals linked in a common purpose The stadium also hosts the Utah Summer Games opening ceremonies and several events. The facility opened in 1967. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar.