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Estes Stadium

Estes Stadium in Conway, AR, home of Central Arkansas. Capacity 10,000. Opened September 22, 1939.

Estes Stadium in Conway, AR
Estes Stadium, Conway, ARPhoto: Ronny Willhite, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Capacity
10,000
Opened
1939
Surface
Fieldturf
Roof
Open air
Elevation
309 ft
Central Arkansas here
75–⁠29 games on file since 2006

Biggest games here

From the games on file here, 2006 on: title and postseason games, meetings of two ranked teams, upsets by our pregame Elo ratings and the biggest swings in CollegeFootballData.com’s excitement index.

Crowds season by season

Average and biggest crowd at Estes Stadium by season, 2006 to 20265k10k15k2006: 9,814 a game over 4 games; biggest 11,2152007: 10,283 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,6202008: 10,188 a game over 1 games; biggest 10,1882009: 8,571 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,6532010: 8,620 a game over 6 games; biggest 12,0882011: 10,335 a game over 5 games; biggest 12,7552012: 8,550 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,5792013: 8,238 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,8272014: 8,636 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,1632015: 7,307 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,5272016: 7,833 a game over 6 games; biggest 10,2572017: 8,550 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,3472018: 7,683 a game over 5 games; biggest 10,8742019: 7,942 a game over 6 games; biggest 11,2372020: 2,151 a game over 3 games; biggest 2,4522021: 7,560 a game over 5 games; biggest 11,5272022: 6,563 a game over 4 games; biggest 10,1242023: 7,048 a game over 6 games; biggest 9,4572024: 7,298 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,8732025: 6,043 a game over 5 games; biggest 9,2792026: 5,941 a game over 2 games; biggest 6,74320062011201620212026

Biggest crowds on file

12,755Henderson State at Central Arkansas2011
12,620Nicholls at Central Arkansas2007
12,088Murray State at Central Arkansas2010
11,579Northwestern State at Central Arkansas2012
11,527Arkansas–Pine Bluff at Central Arkansas2021

Bars are each season’s average crowd, dots its biggest (the record in orange), the dashed rule today’s capacity. Attendance is on file for most games from 2001 on.

Weather on game day

Coldest kickoffs

Hottest kickoffs

Kickoffs: the NOAA report nearest kickoff from the closest weather station (NOAA NCEI Integrated Surface Database).

The stadium’s history

Opened
September 22, 1939
Architect
Cromwell Architects Engineers (renovation)
Surface over the years
Fieldturf
Renovated
1998, 2003, 2013

From the stadium’s Wikipedia article, Estes Stadium.

Recent games here

Sep 12, 2026Central Arkansas 59, Central Oklahoma 20
Sep 5, 2026West Florida 42, Central Arkansas 14
Nov 22, 2025Abilene Christian 49, Central Arkansas 28
Nov 1, 2025Eastern Kentucky 34, Central Arkansas 13
Oct 4, 2025Central Arkansas 23, Utah Tech 17
Sep 13, 2025Tarleton State 56, Central Arkansas 10
Sep 6, 2025Central Arkansas 41, Arkansas–Pine Bluff 17
Nov 16, 2024Southern Utah 38, Central Arkansas 31
Oct 26, 2024Central Arkansas 24, North Alabama 19
Oct 12, 2024Central Arkansas 34, West Georgia 33
Sep 28, 2024Central Arkansas 34, Lamar 14
Sep 14, 2024Central Arkansas 45, Austin Peay 17