Roy Kidd Stadium
Roy Kidd Stadium is a stadium in Kentucky, United States that opened in 1969. Its recorded capacity is 20,000.
Key facts
Roy Kidd Stadium is a stadium in Kentucky, United States that opened in 1969. Its recorded capacity is 20,000. It is owned by Eastern Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University. It is operated by Eastern Kentucky University and Eastern Kentucky University. The venue does not currently carry a sponsor name. Current tenants are Eastern Kentucky Colonels, Eastern Kentucky Colonels football, 2009 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2010 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2011 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2012 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, Eastern Kentucky Colonels, 2013 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2014 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2015 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 2019 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 1993 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 1994 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team, 1995 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team.
- Location
- Kentucky, United States
- Type
- Stadium
- Capacity
- 20,000
- Opened
- 1969
- Status
- Active
- Current owner
- Eastern Kentucky University, Eastern Kentucky University
- Naming rights
- No current sponsor name
- Name changes
- 0
- Playing surface
- Artificial turf
Roy Kidd Stadium is at latitude 37.7344, longitude -84.2974, in Kentucky, 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 | 37.7344 |
| Longitude | -84.2974 |
| City | Kentucky |
| Region | Kentucky |
| Country | United States |
| OpenStreetMap object | Not recorded |
| Footprint geometry | Not yet exported by the pipeline |
Technology
| Feature | Recorded as | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Surface | Artificial turf | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
See the venue technology guides for how these work.
Naming rights
Roy Kidd Stadium has carried 1 recorded name. Hanger Field (no sponsor) ran Present.
Data table for this chart
| Name | Sponsor | Period | Deal value | Term | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hanger Field | None | Present | Not published | Not published | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Ownership and operation
| Role | Organization | Period | Status | Confidence | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owner | Eastern Kentucky University | 1969 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Owner | Eastern Kentucky University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
| Operator | Eastern Kentucky University | 1969 to present | Current | Wikidata statement | Source |
| Operator | Eastern Kentucky University | Present | Current | Wikipedia infobox | Source |
Tenants
Recorded changes
26 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 | 2900 | 2026-10 |
| 28 September 2026 | venue_names | source_date | 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-28 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_names | (created) | not set | Hanger Field | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32044 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32043 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 32042 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30453 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30452 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30451 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30450 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30449 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30448 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30447 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30446 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30445 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30444 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30443 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30442 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30441 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30440 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30439 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venue_roles | (created) | not set | 30438 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372226424 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | capacity | 22000 | 20000 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_revid | not set | 1372226424 | 2026-09 |
| 23 September 2026 | venues | wikipedia_title | Roy_Kidd_Stadium | Roy Kidd 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: