Gallery: (7-21-2023) Tri-State Orthopaedics Field
Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James and Dorothy Cooper Stadium officially opened for the spring of 2023. Led by a major financial commitment from Tri-State Orthopaedics, the University of Evansville renovated the softball facility with close to $1 million in facility enhancements. Through these improvements, Tri-State Orthopaedics Field at James & Dorothy Cooper Stadium will be one of the most impressive facilities in the Missouri Valley Conference while rivaling any in the entire Midwest.
Renovations to the facility included:
- State-of-the-art artificial turf playing surface from AstroTurf
- Regrading of the playing surface
- Reconfiguration and upgrade of the pitching and hitting areas
- Padded walls for the entire stadium
- Dugout renovations
James and Dorothy Cooper Stadium opened in March of 2002. The stadium was the host venue for the 2003 State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament and hosted the championship once again in 2021. Thanks to the generosity of Jim Domen, the facility received a new LED scoreboard in 2017.
Cooper Stadium boasts a seating capacity of 650 in chairbacks and includes covered seating over 40% of its seats. The lighted ballpark is complete with sunken dugouts, an enclosed press box and extensive warmup cages down both foul lines.
The construction of Cooper Stadium Stadium began in March, 2001 and was part of a multiple expansion plan of UE athletic facilities that also included renovation and construction at Arad McCutchan Stadium for soccer and construction of Braun Stadium for baseball.
