Full name | Larry K. Durham Track at Kidd Field |
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Address | El Paso, TX United States |
Owner | University of Texas at El Paso |
Type | Stadium |
Current use | Track and field |
Opened | 1938 |
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Website | |
utepminers.com/kidd-field |
Kidd Field (complete name, "Larry K. Durham Track at Kidd Field") is an athletic facility used primarily by the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) in El Paso, Texas. Constructed for its then-primary use as a American football field in 1938, it was the site of the Sun Bowl until 1963 when Sun Bowl Stadium opened. Kidd Field is used for track and field meets today. Kidd Field cost $2,000 to build, and El Paso holds an annual Easter festival there. Built in the early 1930s, Kidd Field has been home to numerous All-Americans, national champions, national record-holders and Olympians.