Brooks Stadium

Brooks Seating Diagram

With a gift of $2 million from local businessman Bob Brooks, the Coastal Carolina University football stadium was officially named Brooks Stadium on September 6, 2003, in honor of Brooks' children, Coby Garrett and Boni Belle.  The contribution, announced August 11, 2003, represented the largest single gift the university had received to date.  Ground-breaking for the Chanticleers' new stadium began July 30, 2002.

Brooks, who grew up on a farm in Loris, S.C., was the CEO and founder of Eastern Foods, Inc., creators of the Naturally Fresh line of products, and chairman of Hooters of America, Inc., which includes restaurants by the same name in 41 states and nine countries.  He also created Hooters Air Charter Airline, the National Golf Association Hooters Tour and the Hooters ProCup Series, a $3 million-a-year operation that includes 30 short-track races in small towns throughout the Southeast and Midwest.  Brooks passed away in 2006.

Phase I of the stadium construction included 6,408 seats, while Phase II added almost 1,000 additional seats prior to the 2006 season.  The third phase of Brooks Stadiums was completed in 2010 when the university added 1,600 seats directly behind the north endzone to increase the seating to its current maximum capacity of 9,112.  The newest section of Brooks Stadium behind the north endzone will serve as the student section beginning in 2011 and will affectionately be referred to as the Chantourage Section. 

Brooks Stadium, which is ranked among the top stadiums in the nation in attendance based on capacity, hosted a postseason game for the first time in its existence in 2010 when the Chanticleers welcomed Western Illinois to Brooks Stadium for a first round NCAA Division I Football Championship playoff game. 

The stadium will continue to be a work-in-progress, designed to grow with the program, with a possible future capacity of up to 20,000 seats. 

Virtual Tour of Brooks Stadium

Coastal Carolina University Campus Map

Brooks Stadium
540 University Blvd.
Conway, SC 29528