• Source: Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire)

Wildcat Stadium is an 11,015-seat open-air multi-purpose stadium in Durham, New Hampshire, on the campus of the University of New Hampshire (UNH). It is home to the New Hampshire Wildcats football, lacrosse and track and field varsity teams. The stadium, which runs west-northwest, consists of a FieldTurf playing surface surrounded by a 400-metre track. On either side of the track are aluminum stands (the larger home stands being on northeast side). The stadium lies just southwest of the Field House, which houses Lundholm Gym as well as Swazey Pool and the Jerry Azumah Performance Center.
The stadium is a part of the main athletics area of campus, south of Main Street and west of the railroad tracks. It replaced Memorial Field, which has since been remodeled for use by women's field hockey, and lies diagonally across Main Street beside the Whittemore Center. The track and field facility surrounding the field is named after Reggie F. Atkins, UNH class of 1928, a star student athlete who in later life donated the funds to start building the facility.




History


The stadium was dedicated on October 10, 1936, with a football rivalry game against the Maine Black Bears. The first football game played in the stadium was actually held two weeks earlier, on September 26, 1936, against Lowell Textile Institute (now University of Massachusetts Lowell). The university's athletic facilities were originally named Lewis Fields after former university president Edward M. Lewis, with the football stadium referred to as Lewis Stadium or simply Lewis Field. In 1952, the stadium was formally named Cowell Stadium in honor of former football coach and athletic director William H. "Butch" Cowell. The field itself is Mooradian Field, named in 1994 to honor Andy Mooradian, a longtime UNH professor, coach, and athletic director.
The stadium went through major renovations during the 2015 offseason. Plans called for a new seating section on the Eastern End Zone side, which included new restrooms, concession, and press box. It also called for restoration of the current Western End Zone seats, along with renaming the stadium.
The stadium hosted the 2020 America East Men's Soccer Tournament.




= Scoreboard controversy

=
The university received criticism for its decision to use a quarter of a $4 million bequest for a video scoreboard at the new $25 million stadium. The donation was made by longtime university librarian and alumnus Robert Morin. The $4 million bequest was largely unrestricted with only $100,000 being required to be spent on the library. $2.5 million of the donation was used to fund an expanded career center. The university responded to this criticism by explaining that Morin was a football fan by the end of his life and detailing his following of the football team late in his life; however, internal documents showed after-the-fact that this assertion was a post-hoc spin. Regardless, many thought it should have been spent otherwise.




See also


List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums




References






External links


UNH Wildcats - Wildcat Stadium

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• MBTA Commuter Rail
• Wildcat Stadium (University of New Hampshire)
• New Hampshire Wildcats
• 2024 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
• New Hampshire Wildcats football
• University of New Hampshire
• Wildcat Stadium
• New Hampshire Wildcats men's soccer
• Wildcat (disambiguation)
• 2023 New Hampshire Wildcats football team
• University of New Hampshire at Manchester