Chick-fil-A in the SUB was the first in the state of Idaho (opened 2010)
Boise State Football did not lose a regular season game from 2001-2011
Starbucks in the SUB is the the largest in the state of Idaho (counts the whole 1st floor of the SUB because there isn't a 4th wall enclosing the Starbucks).
The Morrison Center for the Performing Arts from an aerial view is the shape of the state of Idaho (which also resembles a grand piano!)
We hosted Garth Brooks for our first concert on The Blue in Summer 2019! Around 88,000 people attended the shows (students were able to attend the Soundcheck for free!)
Boise State started in 1932 as Boise Junior College.
We became a 4 year school in 1965.
We then became Boise State College in 1969.
Finally we became Boise State University in 1974.
Boise State established national attention by installing the first blue Astro Turf field in 1986.
Before it was Boise Junior College, campus served as the Boise airport with one small airline flying out of it in 1926.
That small airline was called Varney Airlines and is now know as United Airlines.
What is now the Quad used to be the airport runway.
The Communication building served as the original Student Union Building.
2017 was one of our best athletic years in history - first round picks in the NBA and NFL (Chandler Hutchinson to the Chicago Bulls and Leighton Vander Esch to the Dallas Cowboys)
Campus is roughly 285 acres - 0.9 miles from one corner to the other!
The state area code for Idaho is 208 because it is 208ft from the bottom steps of the Capitol building to the top of the rotunda!
Population of Boise is 226,570
We do a "Potato Drop" on New Year's Eve at the Capitol Building
Idaho's combined Wilderness area is greater than the three smallest states in the U.S.A combined!
Boise Capitol Building is the only Capitol Building in the U.S.A. that is run off of geothermal heat
Construction on the Capitol Building began in 1905!
The Eagle on top of the dome is 5 feet 7 inches and is made of copper!
We are called the "Gem State" because Idaho mines over 72 precious gemstones
Home of the Boise Hawks (minor league baseball team) and the Idaho Steelheads (minor league ice hockey team)
Freak Alley is the largest outdoor gallery in the Northwest and began in 2002
Albertson's is headquartered here in Boise - the first store was located on 16th Street and State built in 1939. We are now home to 2 Flagship stores that are incredible! Albertsons on Broadway was constructed in 2018 and was a $7.2 million build!
The Pyramids you may see throughout the city denote the Oregon Trail route that passed right through Boise!
The Old Idaho Penitentiary was a functional state prison from 1872-1973 and is at the bottom of Table Rock - where inmates would work to quarry sandstone to build the Capitol building and the prison itself!
The Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial has a sapling of the Anne Frank Tree - there were 10 saplings distributed across the globe and Boise got one of them!
Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul is a Boise local! The movie El Camino was premiered at the Egyptian Theater Downtown! The only way to get tickets was to go on a scavenger hunt through the city!
National Geographic named Boise the number one Adventure City in the U.S.!
Idaho grows roughly 1/3 of America's potatoes!
Jabari and Tafari are the two giraffes that practically live in Boise State's backyard! See if you can spot them at Friendship Bridge!
Albertson's: The Albertsons' Company began in Boise in the late 1930s and has continued to grow since. Albertsons is the largest company in the state and hires many graduates of Boise State.
Simplot: The Simplot family is prominent in Boise due to their patriarch, J.R. Simplot who created and marketed the first commercially frozen french fries in the world! The Simplot Company now does nearly $1 billion in sales with McDonalds each year. JUMP downtown was sponsored by the family and stands for "Jack's Urban Meeting Place" which is used for nonprofit community events.
Micron: Headquartered in Boise, Micron is one of the top producers of computer memory and data storage. Micron is now one of the largest employers in the Treasure Valley. Micron is a large supporter of the University - particularly in Business and Engineering.
Morrison: The Morrison family is a very philanthropic family that has lived in Boise for decades. Harry Morrison was the founder of a Boise-based engineering firm that built the Hoover Dam and Bay Bridge. The Morrison Foundation has continued to create parks, theaters, and community spaces.