FACILITY UPGRADE PHOTOS
Considered to be one of the finest Division 1-AA facilities in the nation, picturesque Roy Stewart Stadium has provided the football Racers spacious, well-tended and modern facilities since it opened in 1973.
The stadium, which features a nine-lane track and an Astroturf field, is named for one of Murray State's great coaches and athletic administrators, Roy Stewart, who guided the MSU football team from 1932 to 1945, compiling a 60-33-11 record.
The Racers moved into the facility in 1973 and logged a 27-25 win over Western Carolina in the first game in the stadium. The stadium was dedicated on Sept. 9, 1974.
The first level of the stadium houses spacious offices and meeting rooms for football and track & field. It also includes the Tom “Doc” Simmons Training Room and one of the finest weight rooms in America, along with expansive dressing rooms for football, track & field, baseball and softball.
The second floor serves as the primary home for the MSU athletics department with offices for the athletics director, marketing and promotions, media relations, academic, compliance as well as the Weaver Center for Academic Enhancement. The second floor is also home to the offices for baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's golf, soccer, men's and women's tennis, volleyball and softball.
The Pat Spurgin Rifle Range, home of the three-time NCAA champions and site of several NCAA championships, is located at the northern end of the second floor.
Towering more than 150 feet above the playing surface, a two-tiered press box offers working space for 50 media representatives, with private radio booths and a camera area for film and television.
The seven-floor structure provides optimum seating for 16,800 fans. It serves as the centerpiece to Murray State's centralized athletic facility with addition of the new CFSB Center for MSU basketball and the baseball team's Reagan Field.