Cowboy Stadium | |
Nickname: | The Hole |
Location: | 700 E. McNeese Street Lake Charles, Louisiana 70605 |
Suites: | Noland SkyRanch 410 seats[1] |
Opened: | 1965 |
Owner: | McNeese State University |
Operator: | McNeese State University |
Surface: | Artificial turf (Hellas Matrix) |
Tenants: | McNeese Cowboys football (1965–present) |
Seating Capacity: | 12,226 (1965–1974) 17,000 (1975–1997) 17,410 (1998–2010) 17,610 (2011–present)[2] |
Record Attendance: | 27,500 on Nov. 20, 1976 vs University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
Cowboy Stadium is a 17,610-seat multi-purpose stadium in Lake Charles, Louisiana. It is home to the McNeese Cowboys football team, and is affectionately referred to as "The Hole". It was transformed for the 2008 season to artificial turf. The playing surface is named Louis Bonnette Field, in honor of McNeese's longtime sports information director. Louis' son, Matthew, succeeded him in the post and continues to hold it as of July 2016. The playing surface was replaced prior to the 2018 football season with Hellas Matrix turf. The $650,000 new surface as well as drainage improvements were funded by the same donor, Robert Noland, as for the 2008 installation.[3] [4]
Jack V. Dolan Field House officially opened in September, 2011. The new state of the art $8.25 million field house (53,838 sq ft) more than doubled the size of the former field house (30,141 sq ft). It includes climate-controlled seating and a club room.[5]
The field house includes the following: