The new Bengal Stadium was celebrated on Friday with indoor groundbreaking. From left, are Marion “Nootsie” Sattler, Eunice City Council alderman at-large; Scott Fontenot, City of Eunice mayor; Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice athletic director; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, LSU Eunice chancellor; Beau Petitjean, Acadia Parish Police Jury; and Jeffery Morgan, Acadia Parish Police Jury. (Photos by Rhett Manuel)
Handling the ceremonial shovels, from left, are Carey Lawson, LSU Eunice Foundation executive director; Kip Bertrand, LSU Eunice Foundation president; Patrick Morrow, LSU Board of Supervisors vice chair; Jeff Willis, LSU Eunice athletic director; Dr. Nancee Sorenson, LSU Eunice chancellor; Rebecca Boniol, LSU Board of Supervisors member; Esperanza Moran, LSU Board of Supervisors member; Emily Otken, LSU Board of Supervisors student member.
An artist’s rendition of the new Bengal Stadium.
It’s the type of idea that anyone who has attended LSUE through the years couldn’t have seen coming even in their wildest visions of growth.
Now, the small university on the Cajun Prairie has its own “Field of Dreams” in progress, as the renovation of the school’s Bengal Stadium officially began last Friday with a groundbreaking ceremony.
The renovation of the baseball complex, home of...
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