ARGYLE ISD EAGLE STADIUM

LOCATED at ARGYLE MIDDLE SCHOOL

2024 FOOTBALL GUIDE

Welcome to Argyle Eagle Stadium. This guide includes information you will need for your upcoming high school football game at Eagle Stadium. Please pay special attention to the stadium bag policy.  

Nathan Moses, Argyle ISD Stadium Director, will be your main point of contact for any questions you have. Please review this and let him know if you have any additional questions. Ticket information is available on the Argyle ISD Athletic Department website, ArgyleEaglesSports.com/HTtickets.

Argyle Eagle Stadium Address: Located at Argyle Middle School

TEAM INFORMATION

Arrival and Unloading Information

Visiting teams should enter the AMS main parking lot and the gated lot on the stadium's south end. All visiting buses (football team, band, cheer, drill) will park and unload in the enclosed parking lot south of the stadium. Upon arrival, AISD staff will open the gate and direct buses into the lot. This lot has direct access to the visiting field house, sideline, and band seating. The visiting team has access to the field two (2) hours before kickoff. 

Please contact Nathan Moses, Stadium Director, at (940) 262-7777 ext. 2138 to arrange the pickup of an entry badge for the visiting field house upon arrival.

Headset Communication

Each team is responsible for bringing its headsets. 

Event Operations

Teams should be on the field ready for tunnel runs with eight (8) minutes left on the countdown clock (8:00). The kickoff will be immediately after the clock hits zero (0:00).

Facilities

Eagle Stadium strictly follows a CLEAR BAG POLICY (pages 8, 9, and 10). No outside food or drinks will be allowed. Unopened sealed water bottles will be permitted. The gated south lot has direct access to the visiting fieldhouse. It will hold approximately 60 players and coaches. Additional bathrooms are available near the ticket booth for extra bathroom space. Coach Caleb Perkins, Field House Manager, will give you a badge to enter the fieldhouse. Please leave it in the locker room or return it to him before you go.

Press Box 

The visiting coaching staff will use the visitor's press box, while the visiting team's video crew will have space on the film deck atop the home press box. The visitor's radio or streaming broadcast crew will have limited space in the visitor's press box. Journalists will be limited to three seats in the home press box. To request access, please get in touch with Rick Herrin, Argyle ISD Communications Director, at richard.herrin@argyleisd.com.

Ticket Information - https://www.ArgyleEaglesSports.com/HTtickets  

Tickets go on sale at 8:00 AM on the Monday the week of the game and must be purchased online or through the HomeTown Fan app. Varsity football general admission presale tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students until noon on game day. After noon, all general admission tickets are $8 for adults and students.

Accepted Passes

Passes accepted include THSCA, TGCA, Texas Association of Athletic Directors, Southwest Athletic Trainers Association, AISD, and Visiting Team Senior Citizen passes and designated UIL District passes.

Video Livestream - Argyle Eagle Hudl Broadcast Link

Team Inflatables/Victory Bells/Air Horns 

Set up visiting team inflatables on the southeast side of the field. Visiting teams should bring a generator to power their inflatable. Parent volunteers will handle the inflatable setup, removal, and relocation to the bleachers. These volunteers should receive a credential for field access.

Visiting Band, Students, Drill, and Cheer

The visiting band, drill, and cheer buses will park and unload in the gated lot south of the stadium, which offers direct access to the visiting stands and sidelines. The visiting band will be seated in sections M and N of the visiting bleachers. Due to limited seating, the visiting cheer, drill teams, and color guard will be on the track for games with large visiting crowds.

Field Policies

Individuals not dressed in school-issued uniforms standing on the sideline must always wear the proper credentials. 

EAGLE STADIUM CREDENTIALS

Everyone authorized to access the field or press box must visibly wear the appropriate Argyle ISD-issued credential, except for students, coaches, and directors in uniform. Press members can pick up media credentials at the Will Call booth next to the main entrance gate.

Band Volunteers

Each band director will receive 25 credentials for parent volunteers to access the field for the halftime performance and two media credentials for press box and film deck access to announce and video the halftime show.

Field Credentials

Each Head Football Coach will receive credentials for individuals not in uniform and the coach's guests. The Head Football Coach will assign these credentials. For questions about credentials, contact Nathan Moses, Stadium Director. Home team volunteers and guests must check in at Will Call.

Endzone Eagles

Due to limited space in the general seating sections, Argyle High School staff will sit behind the north end zone in the green area. Staff members must check in at the gate with AISD administration to receive credentials for field-level access.

FAN INFORMATION

Parking

General Admission parking is in the Argyle Middle School parking lots east of the stadium. Overflow parking is available in the tennis parking lot northeast of the stadium. Accessible parking spots are available near the home gate.

Tailgating

Tailgating for small groups is permitted only in designated grass areas around the parking lot's perimeter on school grounds. All fans must follow the directions and instructions provided by Argyle ISD. The following items and activities are prohibited:

• Deep fryers or any oil-based cooking or frying

• Open flames or fires of any kind

• Alcoholic beverages

• Disorderly conduct

• Weapons and fireworks

• Sale of food, beverages, merchandise, etc.

• Amplified sound systems or loud radios/audio devices

• Advertising or promoting third-party products

• Signs with commercial messages, logos, or political endorsements

Fans must dispose of trash in the appropriate receptacles.

Clear Bag Policy 

Stadium Chairs

Seat cushions and stadium chairs are permissible, but oversized stadium chairs are not permitted. Diaper bags are allowed only in the presence of an infant, but the security team will search before admission. Due to a lack of space in the stadium, baby strollers will not be allowed. 

Concessions

All concession stands accept cash or major credit/debit cards for our fans' convenience.

Code of Conduct

Argyle ISD is committed to providing a safe, comfortable, and enjoyable environment for all fans at Argyle's Eagle Stadium. Fans must avoid unruly, disruptive, threatening, or illegal behavior. Argyle ISD will deny entry into the stadium to impaired or rowdy guests.

Fans will not be granted re-entry into the stadium after being scanned in for ticketed events. 

The following items are permitted when entering Argyle Stadium. 

• Cameras and binoculars are permitted without their carrying case

• Personal clear tote bags not exceeding 12” x 6” x 12” in size. Tote bags must be clear plastic, vinyl, or PVC, and logo imprints are allowed but are not to exceed 4.5” x 3.4”

• Personal small clutch bags may be non-clear but must not exceed 4.5” x 6.5”

• Portable stadium bleacher chairs that do not contain pockets, zippers, compartments, or covers. Oversized stadium chairs will not be permitted into the stadium. 

• Unopened water bottles

The following items are prohibited from entering Argyle Stadium.

• Alcohol

• Animals 

• Bags not compliant with the Argyle Bag Policy

• Fireworks, Firearms, and weapons of any kind

• Footballs

• Knives of any length

• Laser pointers

• Outside Food and Drink

• Tumbler water bottles and drinkware

• Smoking, this includes e-cigarettes and vaporizers

• Streamers, confetti, silly string, and similar items

• Unmanned aircraft (including but not limited to remote control airplanes and drones)

• Any other items or actions deemed to be dangerous or inappropriate