 Its infilled SprinTurf playing field is below ground level at an elevation of above sea level and runs in the traditional north–south orientation.The press box is above the west sideline and lights were added for the largest all-purpose stadium in the state of Montana.The stadium is named after construction magnate Dennis Washington, a Montanan who donated $1 million to finance the stadium's construction in 1985. game came in mid-season in 1986 (October 18), and the Griz have a record of at the venue, through the Montana has gone undefeated at home in eleven of those seasons; the Griz won all ten home games in 2004 and posted a mark six times (1994, 1995, 1996, 2001, 

The current seating capacity is 25,217 and it has been expanded three times, most recently in 2008 with an upper deck expansion of 2,000 seats on the east side.