Big Cat Stadium was completed in September of 2006. The football stadium was a collaboration between the University of Minnesota Morris and the Morris Area High School to create a shared-use football facility. The name, "Big Cat," represented the mascots of both partners, cougars and tigers respectively. The new facility included state-of-the-art amenities, including hydraulically collapsible goal posts, full lighting for evening play, a synthetic turf field, and a remote camera for end-zone photos (Ray).