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Campbell University

Eakes Athletics Complex

Located on the north border of the Buies Creek campus within the Marion and Mary Eakes Athletics Complex, the stadium was dedicated in 1986.  Since then, many improvements have been made within the complex, most notably the construction of a 586- seat grand stand in 2019 and the McLeod Athletic Training Facility during the summer of 2004. In 2021, the facility played host to the first and second rounds of the NCAA Women's College Cup. 
 
Named in honor of long-time university benefactors, Bernard and Virginia McLeod of Fuquay-Varina,the McLeod Athletic Training Facility serves as home for Campbell's nationally-accredited sports medicine program, as well as providing locker room space for the varsity men's and women's soccer and softball teams.
 
Opened in August 2004, the facility includes a 2,000 square-foot athletic training room, the primary space for Campbell's sports medicine operation. It also contains three locker rooms, a conference room, offices for the athletic training staff, and the men's and women's soccer and softball staff.


 
Situated in the Marion and Mary Eakes Athletics Complex, the McLeod Facility frames one end of the Campbell soccer stadium.  Public restroom facilities for home soccer and softball games are also located on the north side of the red brick structure.
 
Lights were added at the stadium prior to the 1994 season to allow for play after dark.  A new Campbell soccer windscreen, complete with logos and graphics, was added in 2008, while a brick and wrought iron fence was erected in 2009.
 
The permanent bench area and press box was added in the summer of 2016. The brick facade houses permanent benches for each team as well as a multi-use storage closet.  The new pressbox houses seating for game operations, statistics, music, media and broadcasting. The upper level features the best view of the Eakes Athletics Complex ever seen in the facility's three decades of operation. Also housed on that level is a video platform used for television and internet broadcasting as well as team video use.
 
Also installed in 2016 were a brand new sound system and lighting system. In the summer of 2018, a new high-definition video board was installed at the Southwest Corner of the stadium.
 
In the summer of 2019, the new grandstand, which includes 300 chair back seats and bleacher back seating for an addition 286 and stretches between the 18-yard boxes, was completed.  The next phase of improvements includes a cover for the grandstand.  Overflow seating is available on an 18-foot grassy bank outside the grand stand.  The bermuda grass field measures 75x120.
 
In addition to the soccer stadium, two soccer practice fields, the Campbell softball field and the James Nisbet Tennis Center are located at the Eakes Complex.
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