Simmons Bank Field is a 16,000-seat

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. Built at a cost of $14 million, it opened in 2000 and is home to the

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. Originally called Golden Lion Stadium, it was renamed for Pine Bluff-based

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after the company donated $2.5 million to the university to upgrade the football stadium in 2018.

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