Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium

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Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium

"The Hawk"
Location	Frontage Road, Commerce, Texas, 75248
Owner	Texas A&M University–Commerce
Operator	Texas A&M University–Commerce
Executive suites	5
Capacity	11,582[1]
Record attendance	10,120 (Vs Harding Bison, in NCAA Division II Semi-Finals 12/09/2017)[2]
Surface	FieldTurf (2006–present) Natural grass (1950–2006)
Construction
Broke ground	September, 1949
Opened	September 23, 1950
Renovated	1973, 1980, 1987, 1999, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2020
Expanded	1973, 2009–2010
Construction cost	$325,000 (1950) (Costs would be roughly $4.25 million in 2010)
Tenants
Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football (1950–present) Texas A&M–Commerce men's & women's track and field Commerce High School Football (1960–present)

Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium is an athletic stadium located in Commerce, Texas. It is primarily used for American football, and is the home field of the Texas A&M University–Commerce Lions football team, Texas A&M-Commerce Men's and Women's Track and Field, and the Commerce High School Tigers Football team of the Commerce Independent School District. Prior to 1996, the stadium was named "East Texas State Memorial Stadium, and until the end of the 2017 season, it was known as Texas A&M-Commerce Memorial Stadium." The stadium was built in honor of the 78 Texas A&M-Commerce alums and students who fought and died during World War II. The stadium was renamed Ernest Hawkins Field at Memorial Stadium was formally changed in November 2017 in honor of longtime Lion football coach Ernest Hawkins.