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Hopper Field is a stadium located in
Freeport, Texas Freeport is a city in Brazoria County, Texas, United States, located on the Gulf of Mexico. According to the 2020 census, the city population was 10,696, down from 12,049 in 2010. History Freeport was founded as a European-American settlement ...
on the campus of
Brazosport High School Brazosport High School is a public high school located at the intersection of Brazosport Boulevard and West 2nd Street in Freeport, Texas, United States. It handles grades nine through twelve and is part of the Brazosport Independent School Distr ...
at the east banks of the Brazos River. It is currently home to the high school football teams of the
Brazosport Independent School District Brazosport Independent School District is a school district based in Clute, Texas ( USA) in Greater Houston. The district serves the cities, towns, and villages of Clute, Freeport, Jones Creek, Lake Jackson, Oyster Creek, Quintana, Richwood, ...
(BISD), and seats 10,478. It was named in honor of Brazosport High School coach Herbert Eugene Hopper who had served in that position since 1927. Hopper later became the athletic director of the school, and continued in that role before finally retiring in 1971. The stadium is also the site for BISD commencement ceremonies.


History

Hopper Field opened on September 16, 1949 with a game between Brazosport High School and St. Thomas High School of
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. During the first season of use, stadium lights were blown down due to high winds caused by the
1949 Texas hurricane The 1949 Texas hurricane was a tropical cyclone of the 1949 Atlantic hurricane season. Forming in the Pacific Ocean on September 27, the storm crossed into the Gulf of Mexico—one of only a handful of known storms to do so—and began to inten ...
, and night games were no longer possible until their repair. Originally seating 6,400, Hopper Field's capacity was expanded to 8,662 in 1961. In 2004, an artificial turf known as "Momentum Turf" by Sportexe was installed, among other renovations.


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