Provost Umphrey Stadium, Football stadium in Beaumont, United States.
Provost Umphrey Stadium is a 16,000-seat multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas, next to the Montagne Center. It has two seating sides in a northeast–southwest alignment, a two-story press box, and a video board mounted on the Dauphin Athletic Complex. The field uses Tarkett Fieldturf Classic HD CoolPlay artificial turf.
The stadium opened in 1964 as Cardinal Stadium and served as the home ground for Lamar University for decades. In 2008 it was renamed after the Provost Umphrey law firm made a major donation to the university.
The stadium's name honours the Provost Umphrey law firm, which gave a major donation to Lamar University. The playing surface is Tarkett Fieldturf Classic HD CoolPlay, installed in 2021 to replace the earlier Hellas Matrix turf. Large photographic murals of games from the stadium's earlier days hang on the concourse walls.
Four entrance gates stand at the southwest, northwest, southeast and northeast corners, with ticket booths beside them. A covered concourse at street level leads to the seats, and a walkway on the south side links the two stands. The concourses hold 108 chair-back seats and wheelchair spaces, added in the 2009 renovation for ADA compliance.
During the 2009 renovation, load-bearing structures were added that would allow the stadium to expand to up to 28,000 seats without rebuilding the foundations. This preparation is invisible from the outside but makes the building ready for future growth.
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