UTRGV Fieldhouse

Coordinates: 26°18′37″N 98°10′41″W / 26.310377°N 98.177927°W / 26.310377; -98.177927

UTRGV Fieldhouse
Construction
Location	N 5th Street and W Van Week Street
Coordinates	26°18′37″N 98°10′41″W / 26.31028°N 98.17806°W / 26.31028; -98.17806
Owner	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Operator	University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Capacity	Current: 2,500 Pre-renovation: 4,000
Record attendance	5,649 (Jan. 24, 1981 vs Lamar Cardinals)
Surface	Multi-surface
Built	1969
Opened	1969
Renovated	2010, 2012–2013
Tenants
UTRGV Vaqueros (NCAA) (2015–present)

UTRGV Fieldhouse (formerly UTPA Fieldhouse until the 2015 merger that created UTRGV) is a 2,500-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley in Edinburg, Texas. It was built in 1969 for one of UTRGV's predecessor institutions, Pan American University, which later became the University of Texas-Pan American (UTPA), and is home to the UTRGV Vaqueros men's and women's basketball teams, as well as the Vaqueros women's volleyball team. The Fieldhouse is also used extensively by the Department of Health and Kinesiology.

Located on the far east end of the campus, the UTRGV Fieldhouse is among the oldest Division I arenas in Texas. While capacity is officially listed at 2,500, a record crowd of 5,649 jammed the Fieldhouse in 1975 to see the Vaqueros' predecessors, Coach Abe Lemons' Pan American University Broncos battle Jack Martin’s ^[1]Lamar Cardinals. While maintaining a sense of history and tradition, the UTRGV Fieldhouse has undergone renovations. A new center court, new bleachers, and court-side seating were added in 2010. In 2012, a new electronic scoreboard was added. Volleyball offices, locker rooms, and team meeting rooms were renovated in 2012. Basketball offices, locker rooms, and team meeting rooms were renovated in 2013.

The venue's name changed in 2015, when UTRGV began operation following the merger of UTPA and the nearby University of Texas at Brownsville.

References

↑ (I covered game. Pat Foster was still five years removed from coming to Lamar)

External links

Fieldhouse webpage:^[1]

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball

Venues	UTRGV Fieldhouse (1969–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17

NAIA national championship in bold

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros women's basketball

Venues	UTRGV Fieldhouse

Seasons	2015–16

NAIA national championship in bold

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

Campuses	Brownsville campus Edinburg campus

Facilities	STARGATE University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine UTRGV Baseball Stadium UTRGV Fieldhouse

Athletics	Men's basketball Women's basketball Baseball

Basketball arenas of the Western Athletic Conference

Icardo Center (Cal State Bakersfield) Emil and Patricia Jones Convocation Center (Chicago State) GCU Arena (Grand Canyon) Pan American Center (New Mexico State) KeyArena (Seattle) UTRGV Fieldhouse (Texas–Rio Grande Valley) Municipal Auditorium (UMKC) UCCU Center (Utah Valley)

↑ http://goutrgv.com/sports/2010/10/25/UTRGVFieldhouse.aspx?id=5

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