The University of Northern Iowa and the Iowa High School Athletic Association have agreed to a five year extension of the contract for the state football playoff semifinals and finals in UNI-Dome. The new agreement runs through the 2017 season. IHSAA Executive Director Rick Wulkow and UNI Director of Athletics Troy Dannen agreed to the extension which ensures the semifinal and championship rounds of the football playoffs to remain in the Dome. The Dome has hosted the championship games since 1976 and the semifinal rounds since 1998.
“For the past 37 years our high schools, players, coaches and fans have come to equate the UNI-Dome as the destination for the season,” stated Wulkow. “The facilities are excellent and UNI’s administration and the UNI-Dome staff have been great hosts and partners in accommodating our teams, players and fans while removing weather as a game factor.”
Dates for this year’s semifinals are Thursday through Saturday, November 14, 15 and 16 with the title games on Thursday, November 21 and Friday, November 22.
