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Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium (formerly H-E-B Park) is a stadium in Edinburg, Texas. It served as the home of Rio Grande Valley FC Toros of the USL Championship from 2017 to 2023, and currently serves as the home of the UTRGV Vaqueros football team. The stadium has two stands with orange seats covered with a roof and a capacity of 9,735.
The UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros football team will represent the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) in U.S. college football as a future member of the Southland Conference in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). They will begin play at that level in 2025, after an exhibition schedule in 2024.
UTRGV has since delayed the start of varsity football to the 2025 season, though it plans to play an exhibition schedule in 2024. The school purchased H-E-B Park – later renamed to Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium – in 2024 to be the primary home of the football team in 2025. Sams Memorial Stadium will also host a game each year. [9]
The Vaqueros compete in the Southland Conference since 2025 and play home games at UTRGV Baseball Stadium in Edinburg. They are coached by Derek Matlock . Prior to the merger, UTPA competed in Division I as the Texas–Pan American Broncs , [ 2 ] while UTB, a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics , had no baseball program.
The event celebrated a $4 million facelift to certain areas at the stadium, including upgraded locker rooms, restrooms, shower stations and the re-vamped room for officials that did not previously ...
In February 2020, the Kimreys contributed $1.1 million toward OU's planned baseball stadium upgrades before donating $4 million in 2022 that included a gift challenge for others to participate.
In his first season at UTRGV, the team finished 10–22 overall, with a 2–12 conference record. In the 2017–18 season, the Vaqueros went 15–16 while winning going 6–8 in WAC play before losing in the Quarterfinals to Seattle. This was the most wins by the team since the 2012–13 season in which they won 16 games.
Serious talks are supposed to start after the county on Tuesday unveiled it'll cost $1.25 billion to upgrade the riverfront stadium and surrounding area. Here are three things taxpayers should ...