Panther Stadium at Blackshear Field is a stadium on the campus of Prairie View A&M University in Prairie View, Texas. The venue is a multi-sport field used primarily for American football and is the home field of Prairie View A&M Panthers football. The 15,000-seat stadium holds 10 skyboxes/suites and 500 premium seats, a field house featuring a large weight room, a dining area, academic support space, locker rooms and training rooms, and other amenities. The stadium's inaugural game was held on September 3, 2016 between Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern.
History
The new stadium was announced in 2014. It would cost an estimated $60 million to build and would be built on the old Edward L. Blackshear Field. Led by Roy Perry, Prairie View A&M alums earned an estimated $30 million and started the Prairie View A&M Foundation in 2009. Those funds would be used for campus enhancements with $10 million being set aside for football stadium renovations.
The Texas A&M board of regents approved the project in early 2015, and the old stadium was demolished that fall, forcing Prairie View A&M football to find a local high school to host their 2015 home games. Prairie View A&M hopes the new stadium will increase enrollment in the school. Overall students raised nearly 2/3 of the funds to build the new stadium. Additional construction at and around the stadium includes a new U.S. Olympic track and a new soccer stadium.
Attendance records RankAttendanceDateGame Result 1 15,050 October 8, 2016 Prairie View A&M 24, Alabama State 17OT 2 14,982 September 3, 2016 Prairie View A&M 29, Texas Southern 25 3 14,599 October 10, 2022 Prairie View A&M 58, Bethune-Cookman 48 4 14,250 October 27, 2018 Prairie View A&M 13, Alcorn State 27 5 14,224 November 4, 2023 Prairie View A&M 38, Arkansas Pine-Bluff 14 6 13,937 October 26, 2024 Prairie View A&M 34, Texas A&M-Commerce 27 7 13,626 October 19, 2019 Prairie View A&M 51, Virginia-Lynchburg 0 8 13,233 September 3, 2022 Prairie View A&M 40, Texas Southern 23 9 13,220 October 13, 2018 Prairie View A&M 0, Southern 38 10 13,206 August 31, 2024 Prairie View A&M 9, Texas Southern 27
See also List of NCAA Division I FCS football stadiums
References
External links Prairie View A&M Athletics: Panther Stadium