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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.
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 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.
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 stadium upgrades are said to include chair-back seating; a video board that is two-and-a-half times bigger than the one it’s replacing; a 50% increase in area per seat; four times as many ...
Stadium renovations unveiled by Tepper Sports and Entertainment ask for the city of Charlotte to pitch in $650 million. This rendering shows the “south lawn” after renderings are complete.
UTRGV inherited the academic accreditation of its legacy institutions. [32] The university is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. [33] UTRGV was notified on December 6, 2016 that it was being placed on a 12-month probation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC).
Thanks to a $3 million donation by the Willis Knighton Health System, Lee Hedges Stadium sees bigger locker rooms and better restroom facilities