New UNT Stadium News

New North Texas Mean Green Stadium is the working title of a new stadium being built in Denton, Texas for the North Texas Mean Green football team. Located on the former Eagle Point Golf Course, the stadium will be the centerpiece of the University of North Texas’s Mean Green Village. It will replace Fouts Field, which opened in 1951. [Wikipedia]

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Stadium News

Shocking Facts on the Deteriorated State of Fouts Field

There’s been a lot of stadium news over the past week. First, a very positive article in the Star-Telegram where Jeff Kline and I were interviewed. Second, the stadium campaign officially kicked off at UNT’s first home game against Tulsa. Posters, flyers, and a halftime video were presented to students, fans, and alumni. And finally, Rick Villarreal spoke to the student Senate regarding the condition of Fouts Field and the need for an athletics fee to fund a new stadium and the athletics department.

I spoke with Rick for almost 2 hours the day before the game. While I know Fouts Field is in bad shape, I was still shocked by the horrible state of the stadium. Here are some facts… [Read More in the Facebook Group]

Football: UNT officials increase push for new stadium

North Texas paid respect to its past on Saturday while looking forward to what the school hopes to be a milestone moment in the history of its football program.

UNT dedicated the T.D. Parks Hall of Fame that is located in the lobby of the Mean Green Athletic Center and then burned the loan note on the building, symbolizing that the school has paid off yet another of the athletic facilities it has built over the last five years.

That accomplishment cleared the way for UNT to officially kick off a campaign to build a new football stadium to replace Fouts Field. UNT has spoken of its desire to build a new football venue over the last five years and believes it is finally in position to begin a public push to make a new stadium a reality… [Continue Reading on Denton Record Chronicle]

Students will help decide the fate of a new UNT stadium

The low-water standard in college football’s highest division has suspect plumbing, no guest suites, an antiquated electrical system that requires 19 generators on gamedays, outdated locker rooms and no meeting space.

It’s no looker, either.

It’s Fouts Field, the creaking, 56-year-old home of football at the University of North Texas. The future of that program may well depend on whether Fouts lives or dies… [Continue Reading on Star Telegram]