New Bengal Stadium celebrated with indoor groundbreaking

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; and Emily Otken, LSU Board of Supervisors student member.

By: RHETT MANUEL LSN Sports Editor 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 reno...

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