Bangor Will Host 1st Game At Revived Cameron Stadium Next Week

One Bangor High School sports team will soon have the honor of christening the new artificial turf field at Cameron Stadium. Either the Bangor field hockey team or football team will get the privilege at the end of next week, according to Bangor High School athletic director Steve Vanidestine. In November, Bangor voters approved a $2.73 million bond issue for a new artificial turf surface to replace the grass field at Cameron Stadium behind the Cohen Middle School on Garland Street in Bangor, as well as a new eight-lane track around the field. The eight-land track replaced the dilapidated six-lane track. The turf was installed first and Vanidestine said Maine Tennis and Track LLC of Gray put down the track surface recently. “They will paint the lines on the track Monday and Tuesday and then we will wait a few days for it to dry,” Vanidestine said. If it is dry by Thursday, the first event to be held on it will be the Bangor-John Bapst High of Bangor field hockey game on Thursday night.