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Projects at other Atlantic 10 schools

By Doug Harris, Staff Writer 2:10 PM Wednesday, February 8, 2012

The University of Dayton isn’t the only Atlantic 10 school funneling money into athletic facilities. Here’s a look at what other programs in the conference have done or started in the last three years:

Charlotte

Football: Construction on 15,300-seat McColl-Richardson Field started last year and is scheduled to be completed in 2013. It includes a 37,000-square-foot fieldhouse and two practice fields. Cost: $45 million.

Tennis: A new complex with 12 hardcourts. Cost: N/A.

Duquesne

Basketball: Chair-back seats, a video board above midcourt, corner scoreboards and a redesigned concourse for the Palumbo Center. New locker rooms for men’s and women’s basketball and volleyball. Cost: $3.1 million.

Fordham

Football: New locker rooms. Cost: $2 million.

Men’s basketball: New offices, locker room and video room. Cost N/A.

Other sports: Upgrades or new construction for tennis courts, softball complex, offices for women’s basketball, volleyball, baseball and men’s soccer. Cost: N/A.

George Washington

Basketball: New locker rooms, scoreboards, entrances and exterior for the Charles E. Smith Athletic Center. Cost: $43 million.

Baseball: New dugouts, press box, stadium seats, bullpens and turf for Barcroft Park Field. Cost: $4 million.

Other sports: Turf at the Mount Vernon soccer-lacrosse field. Cost: N/A.

La Salle

Basketball: Two new video boards for Gola Arena. Cost: N/A.

Softball: New field. Cost: N/A.

Other sports: Resurfacing tennis courts and track. Cost: N/A.

Rhode Island

Baseball: FieldTurf and a new scoreboard for Beck Field. Cost: $1.3 million.

Football: New scoreboard and bleacher repairs for Mead Stadium. Cost: $2 million.

Other sports: New tennis courts and enhancements to the rowing center, aquatics center and softball field. Cost: N/A.

Richmond

Football: Construction of 8,700-seat Claiborne Robins Stadium, a multi-purpose facility that also is home to the soccer, lacrosse and track and field teams. Cost: $25 million.

Basketball: Extensive makeover of the the Robins Center, including new coaches offices and renovations in the interior of the building. Cost $15 million.

Saint Joseph’s

Basketball: Refurbished Hagan Arena, which is the old Alumni Fieldhouse with 1,000 more seats and many amenities, and the Ramsay Basketball Center, a two-story, 20,000-square-foot addition to the arena that has locker rooms for the men’s and women’s teams, players’ lounges, a film room and coaches’ offices. Cost: $35 million.

Other sports: New fields for baseball, softball and field hockey on what’s called the Maguire Campus. Cost: $8 million.

St. Bonaventure

No projects in last three years. But new fields for non-revenue sports being prosposed, plus assessments underway for Bonaventure Square, an on-campus complex that would include 100-room hotel. Cost: N/A.

Temple

Basketball: A new 30,000-square-foot headquarters for the men’s and women’s teams adjacent to the Liacouras Center that includes practice facilities. Cost: N/A.

Football: Enlarged training area and new team meeting room for the football center. Cost: N/A.

Other projects: New turf for field hockey and lacrosse fields and boathouse for rowing team. Cost: N/A.

Xavier

Basketball: A new scoreboard and court at the Cintas Center along with numerous other design projects at the entrances and in the concourses. Cost: $1.7 million.

Note: Saint Louis and Massachusetts did not respond to requests for their investments in athletic facilities.

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