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First Security Field at Estes Stadium is a 10,000-seat
First Security Field @ Estes Stadium
(at Central Arkansas Athletics website, with photos) Sports venues in Arkansas Central Arkansas Bears football College football venues University of Central Arkansas Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States Buildings and structures in Conway, Arkansas American football venues in Arkansas 1939 establishments in Arkansas Sports venues completed in 1939 {{Arkansas-stadium-stub
First Security Field at Estes Stadium is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose stadium
A multi-purpose stadium is a type of stadium designed to be easily used by multiple types of events. While any stadium could potentially host more than one type of sport or event, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy tha ...
in Conway, Arkansas
Conway is a city in the U.S. state of Arkansas and the county seat of Faulkner County, located in the state's most populous Metropolitan Statistical Area, Central Arkansas. Although considered a suburb of Little Rock, Conway is unusual in that ...
. It is home to the Central Arkansas Bears
The Central Arkansas Bears and Sugar Bears represent the University of Central Arkansas (UCA) in NCAA Division I's Football Championship Subdivision (formerly I-AA football) as a member of the ASUN Conference. The athletic program is supported b ...
football
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team, representing the University of Central Arkansas
The University of Central Arkansas (Central Arkansas or UCA) is a public university in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1907 as the Arkansas State Normal School, the university is one of the oldest in the U.S. state of Arkansas. As the state's only ...
in the NCAA's ASUN Conference. The facility opened in 1939. In 2007, university President Lu Hardin announced that corporate sponsorship had been secured for the stadium from a local bank. As a result, the formal title of the stadium is First Security Field at Estes Stadium. The stadium is named after Dan Estes, who coached the Bears from 1915 to 1932.
History
Renovations
The west (home) side of the stadium was torn down and rebuilt from the ground up before the 1998 season. The $5 million facility houses the entire football program, including dressing room, weight room, meeting and film rooms, equipment room, coaches' offices and athletic training room. On April 1, 2011, UCA announced plans to install a purple and gray striped football field for the 2011 season. Installation of the field began in late April, following the conclusion of spring practice, and finished in June.Attendance
The all-time attendance record, 12,755, was set on September 1, 2011, vs. Henderson State.See also
*List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
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* List of college football stadiums with non-traditional field colors
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References
External links
First Security Field @ Estes Stadium
(at Central Arkansas Athletics website, with photos) Sports venues in Arkansas Central Arkansas Bears football College football venues University of Central Arkansas Multi-purpose stadiums in the United States Buildings and structures in Conway, Arkansas American football venues in Arkansas 1939 establishments in Arkansas Sports venues completed in 1939 {{Arkansas-stadium-stub