Brooks Stadium is a 9,112-seat multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadium

Multi-purpose stadiums are a type of stadium designed in such a way as to be easily used by multiple sports. While any stadium could potentially host more than one sport, this concept usually refers to a specific design philosophy that stresses multi-functionality over specificity...

 in Conway, South Carolina

Conway, South Carolina

Conway is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 16,317 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Horry County and is part of the Myrtle Beach metropolitan area. It is the home of Coastal Carolina University....

. It is home to the Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University

Coastal Carolina University is an independent, state-supported, liberal arts university in Conway, South Carolina, USA, located eight miles west of Myrtle Beach. Founded in 1954, Coastal became an independent university in 1993. The University enrolls approximately 8,300 students on its campus...

 Chanticleers football

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football

Coastal Carolina University announced in the late '90's that they would be fielding a football squad in the coming years. The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football program played its inaugural season in 2003 on campus at Brooks Stadium. The team is coached by David Bennett, who has held the...

 team

Team

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. The facility opened in 2003 and is named in honor of Coby Garrett Brooks and Boni Belle Brooks, children of the late Robert "Bob" Brooks

Robert H. Brooks

Robert H. Brooks was founder of Naturally Fresh, Inc. in 1966 in Atlanta, Georgia, and later created the Hooters of America restaurant chain in the mid-1980s.-Early life and career:...

. Brooks was a Loris, South Carolina

Loris, South Carolina

Loris is a city in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 2,079 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Loris is located at ....

 native and was the chairman of Hooters of America, Inc

Hooters

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. On October 7, 2006, the field was named James C. Benton Field to honor the family for a large donation they made to the Coastal athletics program earlier in the year. The stadium saw its first action on September 6, 2003, as the Chanticleer football team opened its inaugural game vs. Newberry College in front of a crowd of more than 8,000. The stadium was designed to be expandable to seat nearly 20,000.

Adkins Fieldhouse

The $8.5 million Adkins Fieldhouse opened at Brooks Stadium in June 2010. It is named for brothers Mark and Will Adkins (Coastal Carolina '89), who donated $1.5 million to the project. The fieldhouse added 1,600 seats, bringing the stadium capacity to 9,112.

The Adkins Fieldhouse also includes...

• Football Offices, meeting rooms, and football locker room Strength & Conditioning Center for all student-athletes
• Men's and Woman's Cross Country/Track & Field Offices
• Men's and Woman's Soccer Offices
• Men's and Woman's Golf Offices
• Men's Tennis Office
• Baseball Office
• Softball Office
• George F. "Buddy" Sasser Athletic Hall of Fame

External links

• Brooks Stadium - Coastal Carolina Chanticleer Athletics