Rice-Eccles Stadium
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Rice-Eccles Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, best known for hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics and serving as the home field for the University of Utah Utes football team.
All labels observed (4)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rice-Eccles Stadium canonical | 16 |
| Rice–Eccles Stadium | 3 |
| Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium | 1 |
| Rice‑Eccles Stadium | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T347442 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rice-Eccles Stadium Context triple: [2002 Winter Olympics, mainStadium, Rice-Eccles Stadium]
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A.
Autzen Stadium
Autzen Stadium is the University of Oregon’s outdoor football stadium in Eugene, renowned for its loud game-day atmosphere and as the home field of the Oregon Ducks.
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B.
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium is a historic, large-capacity college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Tennessee Volunteers.
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C.
Kinnick Stadium
Kinnick Stadium is a historic college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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D.
Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
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E.
Kyle Field
Kyle Field is the large on-campus football stadium at Texas A&M University, renowned for its intense game-day atmosphere and central role in Aggie traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rice-Eccles Stadium Target entity description: Rice-Eccles Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, best known for hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics and serving as the home field for the University of Utah Utes football team.
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A.
Autzen Stadium
Autzen Stadium is the University of Oregon’s outdoor football stadium in Eugene, renowned for its loud game-day atmosphere and as the home field of the Oregon Ducks.
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B.
Neyland Stadium
Neyland Stadium is a historic, large-capacity college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Tennessee Volunteers.
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C.
Kinnick Stadium
Kinnick Stadium is a historic college football stadium best known as the home field of the University of Iowa Hawkeyes.
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D.
Rice Stadium
Rice Stadium is a historic outdoor football stadium in Houston, Texas, best known as the longtime home of Rice University’s football team and as the site of President John F. Kennedy’s 1962 “Moon speech.”
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E.
Kyle Field
Kyle Field is the large on-campus football stadium at Texas A&M University, renowned for its intense game-day atmosphere and central role in Aggie traditions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multi-purpose stadium
ⓘ
outdoor stadium ⓘ stadium ⓘ |
| architect |
HOK Sport
ⓘ
linked to:
HOK Sport Venue Event
|
| brokeGround | 1997 ⓘ |
| capacity | 51000 ⓘ |
| capacityAfterRenovation | 51711 ⓘ |
| city | Salt Lake City ⓘ |
| conferenceOfPrimaryTenant | Big 12 Conference ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| elevation | about 4700 feet ⓘ |
| formerName |
Rice Stadium
ⓘ
Ute Stadium ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
club seating
ⓘ
luxury suites ⓘ press box ⓘ |
| hasFieldOrientation | north-south ⓘ |
| hasRenovation | expansion completed 2021 ⓘ |
| hasScoreboard | video scoreboard ⓘ |
| homeVenueOf |
Utah Utes football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Utah Utes football
|
| hostedEvent |
2002 Winter Olympics closing ceremony
ⓘ
2002 Winter Olympics opening ceremony ⓘ
linked to:
2002 Winter Olympics
Monster Jam ⓘ Supercross motorcycle racing ⓘ |
| isHomeFieldOf |
University of Utah Utes football team
ⓘ
linked to:
Utah Utes football
|
| leagueOfPrimaryTenant |
NCAA Division I FBS
ⓘ
linked to:
Football Bowl Subdivision
|
| locatedIn |
Salt Lake City
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
Utah ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Robert L. Rice
ⓘ
Spencer Eccles ⓘ |
| opened | 1998 ⓘ |
| operatedBy | University of Utah ⓘ |
| ownedBy | University of Utah ⓘ |
| partOf |
University of Utah campus
ⓘ
linked to:
University of Utah
|
| primaryUse | college football ⓘ |
| publicTransit |
UTA TRAX Red Line
ⓘ
linked to:
Salt Lake City TRAX
|
| region | Wasatch Front ⓘ |
| state | Utah ⓘ |
| surface | FieldTurf ⓘ |
| tenants |
Real Salt Lake (former)
ⓘ
linked to:
Real Salt Lake
Salt Lake Stallions (former) ⓘ Utah Utes football team ⓘ
linked to:
Utah Utes football
|
| usedFor |
American football
ⓘ
concerts ⓘ motorsports events ⓘ soccer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rice-Eccles Stadium Description of subject: Rice-Eccles Stadium is a multi-purpose outdoor stadium in Salt Lake City, Utah, best known for hosting the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2002 Winter Olympics and serving as the home field for the University of Utah Utes football team.
Referenced by (21)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Rice-Eccles Stadium
linked to: Rice-Eccles Stadium
linked to: Rice-Eccles Stadium
subject linked to:
the U
linked to: Rice-Eccles Stadium
subject linked to:
Salt Lake Stallions (former)
linked to: Rice-Eccles Stadium