Pitt releases Trees Field practice dome drawings
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And I should note that the release specifically mentions the field is being built to NCAA regulations for soccer and lacrosse. Pitt hosts lax club teams and various lax camps in the Cost Center, but the specific mention is surprising considering the AD has recently stated it wasn't interested in adding new varsity teams. They still might not be, and it certainly doesn't seem to make sense financially or with currently available (overcrowded) and missing facilities, but they do have access to placing a team in the best lax conference in the country. Perhaps they are thinking women's team only. Perhaps it doesn't mean anything other than ensuring flexibility of its use. In any case, it certainly frees up use in the Cost Center which is also getting new turf.
What is notable is that location of the dome seems to be what was originally targeted for a track. I don't if they still have room to put an indoor/outdoor track & facility in that area of campus. Not sure what they could be thinking now.
What is notable is that location of the dome seems to be what was originally targeted for a track. I don't if they still have room to put an indoor/outdoor track & facility in that area of campus. Not sure what they could be thinking now.
I hope it looks better than a giant blown-up breadbox.
well we won't be the first university with that type of "structure", but it will be tucked over the hillside and barely visible. But it's the cheapest alternative and fulfills a major need...plus I am sure our men's soccer coach was promised an indoor facility and this will satisfy that request. Inside of it will serve the needs of the university just fine.
My daughter plays for Pitts girls Lax club team. This team has consistently been ranked in the top 10 in the country for Club teams. Her coach told me a few facts: the soccer stadium is for soccor only (per donors request) and will never field an outdoor men's or women's Lax game. Baseball will take a significant amount of time in the renovated Cost Center. Club Lax will play in the new facility being built among other sports. There are no plans for D1 Lax.
Exactly.
This a facility meant to serve a short term (next decade but overdue) need. Can't wait to see their other projects in the pipeline.
Women's lax club team won a club national championship in 2014. It is an elite club team in the sport. It is no joke.
But it makes no financial sense to add any varsity sports at this juncture, outside of Title IX pressure. And in that case, the sport that makes the most sense is probably women's crew because it adds the most scholarship slots for women and it wouldn't exacerbate the facility overcrowding issue in the upper campus (as Pitt could rent/build a boathouse somewhere off-campus along the (Allegheny) river).
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After years of the NSCAA and US Soccer begging the NCAA to move to an August-May season with a winter break (you know like soccer everywhere besides MLS and Scandinavia), it appears that its closer to happening to ever. I heard the new coach on a TribLive Podcast talking about it. I guess currently they play 22 games in 3 months in the fall and then give them 5 exhibition games in the spring that don't count for anything. The proposal is to play 27 games from August to May, mostly playing once per week to allow for proper recovery. That would only make sense but in saying that, the indoor field would help for those games taking place in winter months.
It would also greatly help the post-season which is currently played in Nov/Dec opposite college football and the NFL. If its moved to April/May, it could become as popular as college baseball and college lacrosse.
I know there are restraints with
I'm really curious to see what it would take to fit a track around the field but then again it might limit any seating that is planned.
Purely from a Student Recruitment point of view, an indoor regulation track would be a real luxury for all students in the Winter. The price tag on this sure seems like a bargain to the point of if you could have 3 of these in that whole undeveloped area it would totally satisfy all sports ( Intermural and Varsity ).
I know people want a stadium but an on Campus practice facility for Football would help athletes and students more.
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