It claims to be the first state college stadium in Missouri to use artificial turf.

The previous turf in place in 1988 has been BaspoGrass-S.[1] Its capacity is 4,700 fans on the west side and 2,300 spectators on the east.

[1] The stadium was named in honor of Fred G Hughes, president of the College Board of Regents between 1964 and 1978.

[1] In February 2011, the Robert W. Plaster Foundation announced two seven figure gifts to the school to build baseball field and a multi-purpose athletic facility adjacent to the football field and to renovate Fred G. Hughes Stadium.

After additional funding is raised for the Hughes renovations, that field is to be renamed Robert W. Plaster Stadium.