HEB ISD School & Family Magazine Fall 2017 | Page 7

Fast Facts about Pennington Field:
Seats about 12,000
Opened in the fall of 1987
Named after Fred
Pennington , head football coach at L.D. Bell from 1959 - 1962
Hosted 10 State Championship football games and the boys and girls Regional Soccer Tournament
Hosts an average of 150 football games a year, including as many as 15 high school playoff games
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In addition to the football field, Pennington Field houses two large gymnasium for gymnastics. The Hoot
Smith Center has served as polling place for local, state, and national elections
The parking lots have been used for driver education programs, school bus certifications, motor cross,
and many community events
The two-tiered press box can accommodate dozens of reporters and collegiate scouts. The press box
was recently named in memory of Nelson Moore , who passed away in 2015 after servi ng as Stadium
Director since the facility opened in 1987
The entire property is the home of area-, regional-, and state-level marching band contests, which bring
15,000 to the stadium annually
Many local and national commercials have been filmed at Pennington, featuring celebrities such as Troy
Aikman, Lou Holtz, Emmitt Smith, Keith Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, The Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders,
Tony Dorsett, Deion Sanders, and many others
Pennington Receives New Video Board –
Donation from Texas Health HEB
The Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District would like to thank Texas Health Harris Methodist
Hospital Hurst-Euless-Bedford for supporting our students, our schools, and our communities. Our district
theme for this year is “Better Together,” an idea that includes our partnerships in the community.
This year you can see a very tangible result of these partnerships at Pennington Field, thanks to a donation
from Texas Health H-E-B. The stadium’s new video
board had its official debut on Friday, September 1,
and is operated by a team of dedicated employees
who have worked hard to create a Friday Night
Lights experience for our community.
The dedication and contributions of the HEB ISD
Education Foundation and Texas Health H-E-B
make our schools amazing and inspire our kids to
work hard. We appreciate their work toward helping
to build a solid foundation for life long achievement
and collaboration with the community for a lifetime
of health and well-being.
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