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Softball Lights, Three Other Capital Projects Approved To Proceed
9/22/2021 10:00:00 AM | Baseball, General, Men's Water Polo, Softball, Women's Tennis, Women's Water Polo
Four Long Beach State facilities will be receiving needed upgrades and renovation.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – In conjunction with the University, Long Beach State Athletics has received approval to begin work on four priority capital projects in phase one of a three-part plan for major improvements across Long Beach State's athletics facilities.
In the first wave, the LBSU Softball Complex, Rhodes Tennis Center, Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center and Bohl Diamond at Blair Field will receive critical renovations.
In fantastic news for the nationally acclaimed softball program, the LBSU Softball Complex will receive lights, making it the third softball diamond in the Big West to be able to host night games. Placing lights at the field also greatly increases the amount of everyday use the field can have, from clinics and camps to additional practice time in the winter.
The Rhodes Tennis Center will be completely resurfaced for the first time since its initial construction in 2008, and the windscreens surrounding the facility will be upgraded and replaced.
At the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center, both the Olympic-sized pool and the dive tank will be resurfaced, and the entirety of the pool deck will be replaced and refinished.
Finally, at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, a faulty field pump will be replaced, an inconspicuous problem that will nonetheless have a tremendous impact on the quality of the field at the busy baseball facility. The project will also include a selection renovations of both inside and outside of the facility aimed at meeting and improving the ADA experience.
"I want to thank President Conoley for this investment and support of Beach Athletics," said Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee. "In order to provide safe, enhanced facilities to recruit the best to the Beach projects like these are critical. We look forward to addressing other athletic facility needs over the next few years which will continue to showcase the Beach as having some of the best facilities in the country."
In the first wave, the LBSU Softball Complex, Rhodes Tennis Center, Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center and Bohl Diamond at Blair Field will receive critical renovations.
In fantastic news for the nationally acclaimed softball program, the LBSU Softball Complex will receive lights, making it the third softball diamond in the Big West to be able to host night games. Placing lights at the field also greatly increases the amount of everyday use the field can have, from clinics and camps to additional practice time in the winter.
The Rhodes Tennis Center will be completely resurfaced for the first time since its initial construction in 2008, and the windscreens surrounding the facility will be upgraded and replaced.
At the Ken Lindgren Aquatics Center, both the Olympic-sized pool and the dive tank will be resurfaced, and the entirety of the pool deck will be replaced and refinished.
Finally, at Bohl Diamond at Blair Field, a faulty field pump will be replaced, an inconspicuous problem that will nonetheless have a tremendous impact on the quality of the field at the busy baseball facility. The project will also include a selection renovations of both inside and outside of the facility aimed at meeting and improving the ADA experience.
"I want to thank President Conoley for this investment and support of Beach Athletics," said Executive Director of Athletics Andy Fee. "In order to provide safe, enhanced facilities to recruit the best to the Beach projects like these are critical. We look forward to addressing other athletic facility needs over the next few years which will continue to showcase the Beach as having some of the best facilities in the country."
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