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Texas Tech Keeps Tradition Alive After Stadium Name Change - roundtable.io
Galaxy Stadium will carry a piece of its old identity forward after Texas Tech renamed the student section "The Jones Student Section at Galaxy Stadium," preserving the legacy of former university president Clifford B.
The stadium held the Jones name for nearly 80 years, dating back to when it first opened. That changed earlier this summer when a $75 million naming rights deal with data center infrastructure company Galaxy brought an end to the Jones AT&T Stadium era. For a lot of Red Raider fans, that name carried real weight.
Texas Tech's decision to keep the Jones name attached to the student section is a direct nod to that history. Clifford B. Jones served as the university's president, and the original naming honored both him and his wife Audrey. The student section has long been one of the louder corners of the stadium on game days in Lubbock, and tying it to the Jones legacy gives the rename something to hold onto.
For fans who grew up calling it "The Jones," the full rebrand stings a little less knowing that name still lives inside the building. The student section keeps the tradition, even if the scoreboard out front reads something different now.
Common questions
Why did Texas Tech rename its stadium?
- Texas Tech signed a $75 million naming rights deal with Galaxy, a data center infrastructure company, which replaced the Jones AT&T Stadium name. The stadium had carried the Jones family name for nearly 80 years before the agreement changed it to Galaxy Stadium earlier this summer.
Is the Jones name completely gone from Texas Tech's stadium?
- No. Texas Tech preserved the Jones legacy by naming the student section 'The Jones Student Section at Galaxy Stadium.' The name honors former university president Clifford B. Jones, whose family the original stadium name recognized for nearly 80 years.
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