Edinburg, TX (KRGV) — UTRGV Director of Facilities and Maintenance Jacob Martinez starts game day at Robert and Janet Vackar Stadium with a 7 a.m. team meeting to get the stadium ready for fans.

He and his team go over the tasks needed to make the stadium as presentable as possible before kickoff.

"The minute they pull into the parking lot, that they're coming into a clean area that's ready to receive them. Our tailgate areas are prepped and ready for them. When they come in, that we look that we're put together and we're ready to go," Martinez said.

Martinez then makes rounds through the stadium and stops inside the suites.

"We're looking for jiggling handles, any leaks from the plumbing, just overall presentations, making sure it's inviting and exciting and ready for them to come in and have a good time," Martinez said.

He also walks the stadium walkways and the area around the field to check for debris and cleanliness for student athletes and staff.

"Last year on some of the games, I logged close to 30,000 steps. Myself and Nick, our grounds manager, we had a competition going to see who can log more steps and I think he beat me close to 40,000 steps in one day," Martinez said.

Martinez also heads outside the stadium to check the building, sidewalks, landscaping and ticket windows.

"So we want to make sure that everything along the building looks clean, our sidewalks are clean, everything looks inviting. Our landscaping is trimmed and manicured properly so we're ready for our guests to come up. Our ticket windows are free of anything that can impact our guests from coming and getting their tickets and get them right inside," Martinez said.

He also checks on the student section, which was expanded to hold more than 3,000 people. Martinez said the entire student section now sits in the south end zone.

"Last year, part of the section on the east side was devoted to the students and of course the south of the endzone. Now, this year, the entire student section is collectively contained within the south endzone, so it's very exciting that all the students get to be together and have the opportunity to create a louder environment that can distract the opposition," Martinez said.

Martinez adds that the best part of the job is seeing guests have a good time on game day.

"The people coming together, it just becomes electric here and see just the whole setting coming to life and seeing the excitement from the fans," Martinez said.

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