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Roy Kidd Stadium is Eastern Kentucky University's football stadium in Richmond, Kentucky. The stadium is home to the EKU Colonels football team,... located on campus. Currently, Roy Kidd Stadium consists of upper and lower level seating areas with a predominant majority of the seats being metal bleachers. Reserved chairback seats can be found in the middle of the lower level, as well, the seats are generally purchased by season ticket holders and Eastern Alumni. The Colonels football team has found success playing at Roy Kidd Stadium, possessing a 191-43-1 home record. The stadium was originally named Hanger Field just like its predecessor but was later renamed in 1990 for long-time EKU Head Football Coach Roy Kidd, who achieved well over 300 wins in his career at the university and led the team to two Division I-AA National Championships in 1979 and 1982. On April 8th, 2009, it was announced that the original natural turf was being replaced by SF II synthetic turf for the upcoming 2009 football season. As well, the home locker rooms, along with new play-clocks and scoreboard were included in the minor renovation for that season.
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Kentucky , officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the Upper South of the United States. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth . Originally a part of Virginia, in 1792 Kentucky became the 15th state to join the Union. Kentucky is the 37th most extensive and the 26th most populous of the 50 United States. Kentucky is known as the "Bluegrass State", a nickname based on the fact that bluegrass is... present in many of the pastures throughout the state, because of the fertile soil. It made possible the breeding of high-quality livestock, especially thoroughbred racing horses. It is a land with diverse environments and abundant resources, including the world's longest cave system, Mammoth Cave National Park; the greatest length of navigable waterways and streams in the contiguous United States; and the two largest man-made lakes east of the Mississippi River. It is also home to the highest per capita number of deer and turkey in the United States, the largest free-ranging elk herd east of Montana, and the nation's most productive coalfield.
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