The UNI-Dome attendance record for football is 17,190, which was set on October 17, 2009, during a Panthers homecoming game against the Missouri Valley rival Southern Illinois.

The UNI-Dome's roof was most recently renovated in late summer 2010 due to damages during a high wind storm in July 2009.

Much of the cost of the new video board was donated by the Iowa High School Athletic Association, which hosts their state football semi-finals and finals in the UNI-Dome each year for all classes.

Northern Iowan article In 2014, the UNI-Dome had a 98' × 26' video board installed at the south end, then the second-largest in FCS football.

The total cost of the new turf will be approximately $900,000 and will be paid for from previously allocated internal revenue from the university.

[7] At football games, where cold temperatures are frequently an issue for fans, the UNI-Dome announcers have a tradition during pre-game rituals.

The Dome has also hosted professional wrestling events, as well as concerts by bands such as Rolling Stones, The Who, Grateful Dead, Mötley Crüe, REO Speedwagon, 3 Doors Down, Fuel, The Police and UB40 in 1983, Pink Floyd, Oleander, Taylor Swift, Luke Bryan, Jason Aldean (2015), Kenny Chesney, Florida Georgia Line, Nelly, Garth Brooks, and Fleetwood Mac who set the UNI-Dome attendance record when of 25,500 on December 1, 1979.