皇冠体育app耗资3000万美元兴建体育场馆 and recreation complex atop Jericho Hill

撒克逊人山, 建在200英亩的土地上，大约在校园以南三英里处, 将扩大皇冠体育app的校际体育项目, significantly increasing student enrollment and supporting student retention efforts. The project will go out to bid over the winter, with bids being awarded in the spring. Construction will begin soon after and take approximately 16 months to complete.

“Alfred University is grateful for the support our Board of Trustees and our generous donors have shown for the 撒克逊人山 Sports Complex,马克·祖潘说, 大学校长. “一旦完成, this project will enhance our intercollegiate athletics and extracurricular offerings and help us attract and retain students.”

该项目的大部分费用将由慈善机构提供. Deb管家, 负责学生体验的副校长, 体育和娱乐, said the University has met a Board of Trustees requirement of an initial philanthropic investment of $10 million. “We are grateful for the support of our lead donors who have put us over the threshold which allows us to move forward with the project,斯图尔德说.

克拉克建筑公司, 帕特森和李(CPL), 和来自奥利安的建筑师, NY, 办公室, 为撒克逊山体育中心提供设计服务. 体育运动 Department staff—including coaches and administrators—had input on project details. 

撒克逊山将占地约200英亩, although only 41 acres (including the currently mowed fields) will be physically disturbed. 一旦建成，该综合体将包括:

• 撒克逊体育中心: home and visitor locker rooms; athletic training room; 办公室s; 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. 两层的记者包厢将有卫生间, 小卖部, and team room on the first floor; the second floor will include game day operations and public address space, 教练的办公室, 还有一个媒体/会议室. 撒克逊校际棒球队将于明年春天开始比赛, playing home games at local ballparks until the 撒克逊人山 field is ready for use for the spring 2026 season.
• 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 (anticipated to begin competition in fall 2025) and as a practice facility for football, 男子和女子曲棍球, 还有男子和女子足球.
• 橄榄球场:带记分牌的照明天然草地. The women’s rugby team will celebrate its inaugural season as an intercollegiate sport in 2024-25 and the men’s rugby team will also be housed under the athletic department. Currently, both women’s and men’s rugby teams have re-ignited as club teams.
• 双双层压箱: One side faces the track and multi-purpose field, the other faces the rugby field. The first floor will house concessions and restrooms; the second floor will include a press box and VIP suite. 每个场馆将提供大看台座位.
• 五个停车场 拥有435个停车位.

An existing cross country course—which has been used primarily for training but has hosted competitive meets—will be retained and used for practices and competitions.

The 撒克逊人山 Sports Complex is expected to be a boon for student-athlete recruitment. The University estimates the project will increase new student enrollment by approximately 170 in the first six years of its opening. “我们已经开始围绕这个项目建设能源,斯图尔德说, noting that coaches are using architectural renderings and project descriptions on recruiting visits.

“Many prospective student-athletes have these types of facilities at their high schools,” she noted. “This demonstrates to our recruits that athletics is an integral part of Alfred University. 这个设施还可以和我们对手的设施比较, allowing us to be more competitive in the recruiting process while also providing our students with facilities that fill them with a sense of pride.”

管家说 that 撒克逊人山 will provide a better quality of experience for student-athletes and athletics staff as there will be less early morning and late-night practices. Student recruitment will be further enhanced by 撒克逊人山 hosting sports camps and clinics for high school students.

The facility will be a resource not only to the University’s 体育运动 Department, 而是对整个校园和阿尔弗雷德社区. Steward pointed to expectations that 撒克逊人山 will facilitate growth in the University’s club and intramural offerings, 哪些将进一步有助于招生和留住学生. 她说:“这个体育综合体将使这些项目更加强大。.

撒克逊人山, 管家说, will reflect Alfred University’s mission of helping students find their purpose. “我们希望我们的学生能做到最好, 我们正在通过提供尽可能最好的设施来帮助他们, 以及帮助指导和吸引他们的支持人员.”

一旦完成, 撒克逊人山 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, 这里是皇冠体育app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.