TDECU buys naming rights to new UH football stadium

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Less than two months until it officially opens, the University of Houston's new on-campus football stadium finally has a name.

UH plans to announce Tuesday a naming-rights sponsorship agreement with Texas Dow Employees Credit Union, a person with knowledge of the situation said Monday.

The new name: TDECU Stadium.

School officials have scheduled a 2 p.m. press conference at the UH Athletic

Alumni Center to "reveal a naming gift ... that recognizes the generosity of a Texas entity," according to a press released issues by the university. Financial terms were not immediately available.

UH athletic officials were not available for comment Monday.

Founded in 1955, Texas Dow Employees Credit Union is the fourth-largest credit union in Texas and the largest in the Houston area with more than 186,000 members and excess of $2 billion in assets, according to the company's website.

UH joins about a dozen Football Bowl Subdivision schools in the country who have sold naming rights to their football stadiums, among them Central Florida, Louisville, Rutgers, Texas Tech, North Texas, Wake Forest, Minnesota, California, Maryland and Boise State.

At an estimated cost of $120 million, TDECU Stadium, has a capacity of 40,000 and features 25 suites, 42 loge boxes, 766 club seats, four party patios and two open-air suite decks. All premium seating at the stadium is sold out, Jeramiah Dickey, UH's associate athletic director for external relations, said in late May.

Construction crews began installing seats a couple of months ago and recently added field goal posts. Installation of the artificial surface is expected within the next week.

UH received a $5 million gift in 2013 to keep the name John O'Quinn Field.

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The Cougars open TDECU Stadium on Aug. 29 in a nationally televised game against UTSA.

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