Bobcat Stadium, Football stadium in San Marcos, Texas, US.
Bobcat Stadium is a modern sports facility with roughly 30,000 seats, a press box, multiple concession areas, and retail spaces throughout its structure. The facility includes the End Zone Complex housing training areas, meeting rooms, and offices for coaching and athletic staff.
The stadium opened in 1981. In November 2003 the field was renamed Jim Wacker Field after the former Bobcats coach and athletics director. A $33 million expansion closing the north end zone in 2012 raised capacity to 30,003; chair-back seats on the east side in 2024 cut it to 27,149, and a new south end zone club in 2025 brought it to 28,388.
The field was renamed Jim Wacker Field in November 2003, honoring the former Bobcats coach and athletics director. The stadium has hosted the Texas Special Olympics and served as a filming location for the movie The Ringer and the NBC series Friday Night Lights. In May 2024, University Federal Credit Union paid $23 million for 15 years of naming rights, so the venue is now called UFCU Stadium.
The stadium sits on the Texas State University campus in San Marcos, with the End Zone Complex in the south end zone housing football operations, a training center, meeting rooms and coaching offices. The Jerry and Linda Fields West Side Complex is a three-tier structure on the home side with 450 club seats and 15 luxury suites. Chair back seats were added to the east side in 2024.
The stadium has hosted the Texas Special Olympics and served as a filming location for the 2005 film The Ringer and the NBC series Friday Night Lights. In May 2024, University Federal Credit Union paid $23 million for 15 years of naming rights, so the venue is now called UFCU Stadium.
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