Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium
Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium is a stadium in North Carolina, United States that opened in 1974. Its recorded capacity is 13,742.
Key facts
Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium is a stadium in North Carolina, United States that opened in 1974. Its recorded capacity is 13,742. It is owned by Western Carolina University and Western Carolina University. It is operated by Western Carolina University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Western Carolina Catamounts, Western Carolina Catamounts football, Western Carolina Catamounts, 2011 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2012 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2013 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2014 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2015 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2016 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2018 Western Carolina Catamounts football team, 2019 Western Carolina Catamounts football team.
- Location
- North Carolina, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 13,742
- Opened
- 1974
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Western Carolina University, Western Carolina University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Hybrid grass
Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium is at latitude 35.3047, longitude -83.1825, in North Carolina, United States. The marker is drawn from the recorded coordinates. The building outline appears here once OpenStreetMap footprint geometry is available for this venue.
Data table for this chart
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Latitude | 35.3047 |
| Longitude | -83.1825 |
| City | North Carolina |
| Region | North Carolina |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Hybrid grass | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
No naming history is recorded for this venue.
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Western Carolina University | 1974 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Western Carolina University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Western Carolina University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
19 changes to this venue have been recorded by the monthly pipeline runs.
| Date | Table | Field | From | To | Month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 October 2026 | venue_features | (created) | not set | 2725 | 2026-10 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31594 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31593 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 31592 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27571 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27570 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27569 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27568 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27567 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27566 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27565 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27564 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27563 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27562 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27561 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 27560 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372069022 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372069022 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Bob_Waters_Field_at_E._J._Whitmire_Stadium | Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium | 2026-09 |
Sources and licenses
Every ownership, naming and sponsorship row on this page carries the URL it was derived from. The site as a whole is built from these sources:
- Wikidata: CC0 1.0. Data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0 Universal.
- OpenStreetMap: ODbL 1.0. © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL 1.0). See https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright.
- Wikipedia: CC BY-SA 4.0. Text from Wikipedia, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License.
Row-level sources used for this venue: