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Nearing completion, new signage for Memorial Stadium can be seen on the Beaumont Independent School District's football stadium. The signage came after a three-year long debate to change the name from the Carrol A. "Butch" Thomas Educational Support Center. The name, Memorial Stadium, was chosen to reflect several schools in the district's history.Photo taken Monday, 1/7/19
Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise, Photo Editor
Two components of the Beaumont ISD Memorial Stadium could have a new name attached by the end of this week.
The Beaumont ISD school board at its regular May board meeting Thursday will vote to approve a $1.1 million bid from Houston-based heavy equipment distributor Doggett Equipment Services Group.
The bid package includes both sides of the stadium's press box and the illuminated marquee sign. If approved, the company will pay $110,00 annually over 10 years for the package.
The decision to approve the bid was initially slated to be voted on by the board at its April 20 meeting, but the board voted to table it until the May meeting.
If approved, the sponsorship would mark an increased presence by Doggett in Beaumont, after it purchased Kinsel Motors earlier this year.
"We are excited to expand our footprint in the Beaumont community and to participate as a sponsor to Beaumont ISD," Doggett Chief Executive Officer Leslie Doggett said in the company's March 27 bid proposal.
This is the first bid made public since the district last updated its naming rights packages in January. The window for bidding closed March 31.
Other packages approved by the school board were for for the playing field; field houses; entry gates and the stadium's score board; and ranged from $150,000 to $1 million, depending on contract term length. The board has not said if it received any other bids.
The meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the district's board room, located at 3395 Harrison Ave. in Beaumont.