在线赌博在撒克逊山体育中心破土动工
Alfred University hosted a ground-breaking ceremony Thursday afternoon, May 9, for a new sports complex near campus that will boost student enrollment, 加强校际体育项目, and provide new recreational opportunities for the University and local communities.
大学董事会成员, 教职员工, coaches and student-athletes attended the groundbreaking for the Saxon Hill Sports Complex, a multi-field facility located on 200 acres atop Jericho Hill south of campus. 这个耗资3000万美元的项目正在建设中, funded by a combination of bond issues and more than $10 million in philanthropic gifts, is set to begin this summer and be completed by the fall of 2025.
LeChase建设, 罗彻斯特, 是撒克逊山项目的总承包商吗, 而位于奥利安的克拉克建筑公司, 帕特森 & 李(CPL)提供设计服务. 一旦建成，该综合体将包括:
- 撒克逊体育中心: locker rooms; athletic training room; offices; assembly space where alumni, parents/families can gather for tailgate functions; restrooms; media room.
- 棒球场: lighted, synthetic turf field with scoreboard; bullpens and dugouts. 两层的新闻发布厅将设有洗手间, 小卖部, 团队房间, 公共地址和游戏操作空间.
- 田径设施: lighted 400-meter eight-lane track with jump and throw areas; video scoreboard. The infield of the track will be a multi-purpose synthetic turf field which will be used as the home to the future intercollegiate field hockey team and as a practice facility for other outdoor sports teams.
- 橄榄球场:带记分牌的照明天然草地. The women’s and men’s rugby teams currently operate as club teams. The women’s team will begin play as an intercollegiate team this fall; the men’s team will transition to an intercollegiate program when the Saxon Hill facility is completed.
- 看台上: One set of grandstands will face the track and multi-purpose field, 另一个将面对橄榄球场. A dual-sided press box will feature public address and game operations booths for each competition venue.
- 五个停车场 大约有435个停车位.
“This is the largest investment in athletics at Alfred University,Mark Zupan报道, 大学校长, commented. “With the challenges facing higher education, this provides us with a strong headwind.”
Indeed, the project is expected to be a boon for student-athlete recruitment and student retention. The University estimates it will increase enrollment by approximately 170 over the first six years of its opening. 一旦完成, Saxon Hill will complement nearby existing sports and recreational facilities located in the area atop Jericho Hill. These include the Bromeley-Daggett Equestrian Center at Maris Cuneo Equine Park, 这里是在线赌博世界级马术项目的所在地, 和福斯特湖, which provides the campus community with numerous recreational and co-curricular opportunities.
“对在线赌博和社区来说，这是令人兴奋的一天,1990年的卡洛琳·克拉克评论道, 大学校董会主席, who was a star player on the Saxons’ women’s soccer team in the late 1980s. She recalled practicing and playing on a field on Jericho Hill and wondering “why I came here to play on a grass field like that…To see this (Saxon Hill project) is a dream come true.”
“我们的受托人充满了热情, 他们对学生的承诺,克拉克评论道. “It’s exciting to see what adding 170 students will do for our University.”
For years, the grass field just off County Road 12 in the town of Alfred has been used primarily by the Alfred club rugby team, with an adjacent field used as a practice facility for the football team. 新领域, while serving as the host sites for the Saxons’ men’s and women’s rugby teams, men’s and women’s cross country and outdoor track and field teams, 还有棒球队, will also provide new practice space for the teams that currently must share the on-campus facilities at Merrill Field’s Yunevich Stadium. 这些球队的成员——足球, 男子和女子足球, men’s and women’s lacrosse—often find themselves practicing in the early morning, 在类, 或者一直到深夜.
“This is crucial to removing the pressure on the Merrill Field teams,德布·斯图尔德说, 负责学生体验的副校长, 体育和娱乐. She estimates that 400 student-athletes competing on varsity intercollegiate teams, 以及那些在俱乐部和校内球队打球的人, 会使用撒克逊山的设施吗.
斯图尔德感谢那些帮助这个项目成为现实的人, including the coaches and athletics staff who provided valuable input and suggestions. “团队合作确实能实现梦想，”她说.
两个本校, baseball player Quinton Jordan and women’s rugby player Samantha Stuck, spoke about their appreciation for the University’s investment in Saxon Hill.
“We’re eagerly looking forward to throwing out that first pitch,乔丹说。, 奥利安大学的大四学生, NY. “我们很感激这次奇妙的经历. 感谢您的远见卓识和支持.”
“作为一个团队的一员，我从未如此自豪过,” Stock, 来自埃利科特维尔的一年级学生, NY, added. “当我说谢谢时，我代表我们所有的团队.”
艾琳·马丁诺维奇, 推进副总裁, 感谢捐助者, 他们中的许多人是董事会成员, for their generosity in helping the University meet Trustees’ requirement of an initial philanthropic investment of $10 million. 主要捐助者包括校董会成员克拉克, Russ Cesari ' 67, 格雷格·康纳斯92年(前董事会主席), 特里Galanis, Steve Heine ' 81(董事会副主席), 查理·乔伊斯(终身受托人), 凯文·利文斯顿，93年, 和54岁的马林·米勒, HD ' 89和' 19(董事会名誉主席). 校友主要捐款人包括64年的尼克·费雷利, 75届的里克和73届的梅纳·辛格, Mark Mertel ' 67, 以及已故的苏珊和莱恩·埃姆克(都是1968年毕业的).
Zupan cited the cooperative and collaborative effort in bringing the project to fruition. “在我的一生中，我加入过很多团队. This is the best management team, and the best broader team, I’ve been part of,” he said.
“Our main thing at Alfred University is the student experience,” Zupan said in offering a champagne toast before the ceremonial ground-breaking. “感谢所有让这一切成为现实的人. 这是给学生的体验.”