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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.〔http://www.theshorthorn.com/life_and_entertainment/arts_and_entertainment/scottish-festival-to-feature-highland-games-dancing/article_1ff661ea-b1e4-11e2-8073-0019bb30f31a.html〕〔http://www.theshorthorn.com/news/teams-get-dressed-for-bed-races/article_cc83e084-3062-11e3-966a-001a4bcf6878.html〕 ==Features== Maverick Stadium is composed of five major components, the playing field and track, west (home) stands, east (visitor) stands, the press box above the west stands and the locker rooms and support space underneath the west stands. The Gilstrap Athletic Center is a stand-alone building directly adjacent to the locker room section, directly north of the west stands. It had housed the entire UTA Athletic Offices, until College Park Center was built in 2012 and most of the Athletic Department moved to the new arena. It does connect to both the locker room and playing field. The playing surface consists of FieldTurf artificial playing field and can be easily configured for soccer or football games. The field is circled by a 400-meter Polytan USA track surface. The west stands have a seating capacity of approximately 8,000, of which 1,831 are chair-back seats in the center section. The east can sit approximately 4,500. Architectural plans were designed for eventual capacity to reach 26,000 by expanding both ends of each section from its current terminus at the 15-yard lines to just past the end zones. Underneath the west stands are the locker rooms, medical and training facilities, weight room, equipment storage and other support functions. A reception room for formal events is also located in this area and can be accessed through the west entrance. The press box is a three-story structure. The first level is an outdoor film deck while the top two contain space for radio and television broadcasts, print media, coach booths and suites. The press box has a 168-person capacity. There are five light poles in the stadium, four of which flood the field and the other on the field event venues on the northern side of the stadium. They are a mercury vapor with a total lighting capacity of 90 foot candles. Fans primarily enter Maverick Stadium from the south, where a seven-window ticket booth faces out onto a 689-space parking lot. The home entrance is to the west of the booth, while the visitors entrance is to the east. There is also a seven-window ticket booth and entrance on the east side of the stadium directly behind the east stands. Facilities for steeplechase and all field events are provided within the stadium. Javelin, shotput, and discuss areas are located north of the track and playing field, while the long jump, triple jump and pole vault pits are just south. The high jump area is between the field and track on the north end of Maverick Stadium. There's a large, open grass field on the north side as well that had served as the practice field for the football team. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maverick Stadium」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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