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Fouts Field became the home of the University of North Texas football and track teams in 1951. Originally built to seat 20,000 fans, the structure was expanded by adding 10,000 seats in the end zones prior to the 1994 season. Physical improvements continue to make Fouts Field a place of pride for the players and fans. In 1992, UNT students passed a referendum approving an increase in student service fees over the following two years to fund the expansion of the stadium. Construction on the project began in December 1993 and was completed in June 1994. The stadium features a new message center scoreboard and public address system.
NORTH TEXAS STUDENTS APPROVE STADIUM PLAN Denton, Texas - University of North Texas students approved a new $10 per-semester hour athletic fee to help fund a proposed $60 million stadium that would not be completed before 2011, the university announced. The fee referendum appeared on UNT fall election ballot and was among the most debated political issues on campus in a decade. The fee will not take effect until after the stadium is built. Fouts Field, the UNT football team's home for 56 years, will eventually be torn down and converted to parking and other campus buildings, according to the school's master plan. The new stadium will go up south of Interstate-35 East on the site of the old UNT golf course. UNT's Board of Regents and the Texas Legislature must approve the fee before being enacted. Both are expected to do so. (Fort Worth Star Telegram)
NORTH TEXAS RELEASES STADIUM PLANS Denton, Texas - University of North Texas officials have released drawings of the planned 30,000-seat stadium in hopes of boosting fund-raising efforts. The stadium is to open in 2011. UNT's athletic department has been focusing on building a new stadium while trying to squeeze a final few years out of a deteriorating Fouts Field. Fouts, opened in 1952, is surrounded by a track that distances fans from the action and hasn't been well maintained through the years. UNT athletic director Rick Villarreal often tells the story of the lights going out on one side of the stadium during a game when a breaker was tripped after an employee plugged in a coffee pot. UNT officials have made the case that now is the time to move forward with the project and have made a few strides that have brought them to the point where they feel comfortable with a more public fund-raising campaign. UNT is waiting for the Texas Legislature to approve a student athletic fee and has begun courting donors who could be interested in naming rights for the stadium. School officials are hoping they have done enough to prompt boosters and fans to come forward and help complete the project they estimate will cost $78 million. UNT's plan is to combine a student fee, corporate sponsorships and naming rights deals with private donations to arrive at a funding package for the facility. Once the stadium is built, UNT's athletic fee would go into effect, which would allow the university to issue bonds and pay them off over a 30-year period. UNT's students approved an athletic fee of $10 per semester credit hour last year that would go into place once the stadium opens. UNT has hired HKS for architectural services for the stadium.
BOARD APPROVES STADIUM FOR NORTH TEXAS Denton, Texas - The Board of Regents has approved development of a new stadium to replace Fouts Field. While the details have not been set, officials say it will have in excess of 30,000 seats. UNT is attempting to replace Fouts Field, where the school's football team has played since 1952. Fouts has a capacity of 30,500. UNT will take the proposal to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board in October. UNT's current schedule calls for substantial construction beginning in February with early phases beginning in November. UNT's last home game of the season is Nov. 21 against Army. The school's long-term plans to expand the stadium could include adding seating behind an end zone and an upper deck on the east side of the stadium. UNT has received eight commitments for suites that require a $100,000 commitment over a five-year period.
NORTH TEXAS GETS APPROVAL FOR STADIUM Denton, Texas - The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a $78 million plan to build a football stadium for the University of North Texas. Construction is set to begin in January. The 30,000-seat stadium will be built adjacent to the Mean Green Athletic Center on the southwest side of Interstate 35E and is expected to open in time for the 2011 season. UNT's new stadium will replace Fouts Field, which opened in 1952 and has deteriorated over the last several years. Funding for the project will come from a variety of sources, including a student fee of $10 per semester credit hour that was approved by the student body last fall. The fee will go into effect when the stadium opens. The new venue is expected to make a dramatic impact on the future of UNT's program, which has struggled since the Mean Green won the last of four consecutive Sun Belt Conference titles in 2004. Since then, UNT is 9-45 and has not won more than three games in a season. The school is hoping to sell naming rights and other sponsorship deals to help fund the facility.
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