page_title: Maverick Stadium
section_title: Renovations
hierarchical_section_title: Maverick Stadium / History / Renovations
caption_attribution_description: English: UTA Mavericks new putting green practice facility.
context_page_description: Maverick Stadium is a 12,500-seat multi-purpose stadium on the western edge of University of Texas at Arlington campus.
  It hosts the university's track and field teams and is also leased by the Arlington Independent School District and Pantego Christian Academy for their football teams. It usually serves as the site of 1-3 high school football playoff games every year.
  The stadium previously served as UTA's home football stadium until the university dropped its program after the final game of the 1985 season.
  The stadium can host football and soccer games, track and field meets, as well as many varied festivals and special events, including the annual Texas Scottish Festival and Highland Games, Special Olympics and Bed Races, an annual UTA tradition in the fall.
context_section_description: Since 2009, Maverick Stadium has undergone many renovations to increase the amenities for the athletes and spectators in order to keep it a desirable place to hold athletic contests and special events.
  In 2009, the older artificial turf was replaced with FieldTurf. The track was replaced around the same time with a Polytan USA track surface. It is a standard Olympic 400-meter track with various other field event capabilities.
  The locker rooms received their first renovation since construction over the winter break between the fall 2010 and spring 2011 semesters. These included wood-finish lockers replacing the original metal lockers, new paint, fresh carpeting and partitioning of the main locker room between the baseball, softball and men's and women's track and field teams. The university recently constructed clubhouses at Clay Gould Ballpark for the baseball team and Allan Saxe Field for the softball squad, so they no longer have to use Maverick Stadium's facilities and offices. This leaves the university's track and field teams as the only full-time tenants in Maverick Stadium's locker rooms.
  In fall 2012, the original public address system installed during the original construction was completely replaced with a new system, providing a clearer sound throughout the stadium.
  In fall 2015, the university added a putting green for the UTA golf team in the northwest corner of Maverick Stadium. Another light pole was added to help illuminate that portion of the field. The addition coincided with the announcement that the university would add women's golf to the sport offerings at UTA.
  The following year, a $325,000 renovation to the Gilstrap Athletic Center saw the addition of a clubhouse for the golf teams. 2,000 of the 9,000-square-foot facility was devoted to the golf programs, that include lounge and meeting space, a swing analysis system, a hitting area, an indoor putting green, coaches’ offices and outdoor training areas, which include a chipping green and hitting range.
  The Center also received a complete overhaul of the entrance, lobby, academic areas, renovated office spaces, meetings areas and lounge space for the Mavericks' men and women’s track teams.
  Maverick Stadium is considered one of the finest track and field venues in the Southwest and served as the site for the Southland Conference outdoor track meet in 1981, 1986, 1992, 2001, 2002, 2006 and 2010, the Western Athletic Conference meet in 2013 and the Sun Belt Conference championships in 2017.
  The men have won 11 team conference championships and five runners-up finishes since the stadium opened, along with 23 event All-Americans. It has been the site of two meets where the Mavericks won a conference championship, in 1992 and 2017. The women have won six team titles, seven runners-up and ten All-Americans. The 2001 meet was the only championship the women's team won at their home venue.
caption: The Mavericks new putting green, just north of the Gilstrap Athletic Center
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