WHAT:            The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) Department of Intercollegiate Athletics is set to unveil the Vaqueros Performance Center (VPC) to the public starting with a press conference followed by access to the facility on Sept. 19 at 10 a.m. A 45,000-plus-square-foot facility that houses the football program and features state-of-the-art weight training, academic, and sports medicine facilities for use by multiple teams, the VPC also features two practice fields, one of which is the same synthetic turf used at Robert & Janet Vackar Stadium and one of which is natural grass. The turf field is striped for both football and soccer.
 
WHEN:            Friday, September 19 at 10 a.m.
 
WHERE:         Vaqueros Performance Center
                        Edinburg, Texas 78541
                        (Located north of UTRGV Baseball Stadium across the street from the left field wall. Parking is accessible via Elizabeth and Robert Streets in the large parking lot behind the baseball stadium's center field wall in front of the Athletics Pavilion.)
 
WHO:              Dr. Guy Bailey, UTRGV President
                        Chasse Conque, UTRGV Senior Vice President and Director of Athletics
                        Travis Bush, UTRGV Head Football Coach
 
PROTOCOLS: Members of the media will be able to conduct group interviews with each of the attendees.
 
Each attendee will have a microphone plugged into a mult box from which members of the media can obtain audio using an XLR cable.
 
Members of the media are asked to arrive 15 minutes early.

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