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UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON ARENA |
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The crown jewel of UD's superb athletic facilities, the UD Arena is regarded as one of the nation's best college venues. A $13.1 million renovation was completed in 2002 which updated the arena's concourses, facades, concessions and restrooms and added valuable premium seating, clubs and retail space. Both the new Time Warner Cable Flight Deck and a renovated Boesch Lounge, along with the accompanying loge seats and suites at each end, offer a perspective on the game unlike any other. A regular stop for the NCAA Tournament, UD Arena has been an NCAA site in 22 of the last 39 years and will have hosted 77 NCAA Tournament games. The
Arena will be a First and Second Round site for the 2009 NCAA Men's
Basketball Championship, and a Regional site for the 2010 NCAA
Women's Basketball Championship. |
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WELCOME STADIUM |
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University of Dayton football team has called Welcome Stadium home for 32 seasons. The 1991 Sports Illustrated college football
issue noted that the name Welcome on a stadium does not describe how
difficult visiting teams have found it to win against the Flyers,
and it still remains true today. The word implies hospitality, but
Dayton has been anything but hospitable to its opponents at home
winning more than 83 percent of their games at the venue. Welcome
Stadium currently features an Astroturf playing surface,
full-density urethane 400-meter running track with a steeplechase
pit, and a FairPlay scoreboard with video reply capability. The stadium has a seating capacity of 11,000. Also in the stadium are locker facilities, a two-level indoor press box, an outer press area, and concession stands under both sets of grandstands.
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THOMAS J. FRERICKS ATHLETICS AND CONVOCATION CENTER |
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The Thomas J. Frericks Athletic and Convocation Center
is home to the Flyer volleyball team. The Frericks Center is the
third-largest volleyball-only facility in college volleyball. Its
5,000 seat capacity is only behind Arkansas' Barnhill Arena (9,000) and Murray
State's Cutchin Fieldhouse (5,500). The
facility has underwent numerous renovations since 2003 include a new
locker room, adding a volleyball specific scoreboard, new lighting,
seating area, championship banners and a Sport Court volleyball
floor. UD's red and blue floor that is marked just for volleyball
competition is the same surface that the U.S. National team plays
on. The venue was also the site of the First and Second Rounds of
the 2007 NCAA Women's Volleyball Tournament. |
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BAUJAN FIELD |
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Since becoming the exclusive home to
UD soccer, Baujan Field has grown into one of the top soccer venues
in the Atlantic 10 Conference. The facility boasts a well-maintained natural grass
surface with an irrigation system as well as a lighting system, allowing for night games. A scoreboard on the east end and a pair of bleacher seating sections on the south side were new additions to the field in 1999. On the north side of the field, a brick-faced terraced seating section was built into the hillside. The project, totaling more than $500,000 and fully funded with private donations, helped increase the seating capacity to 2,000. |
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TIME WARNER CABLE STADIUM |
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Time Warner Cable Stadium, UD baseball's new $4 million facility, was dedicated on May 5, 2005. It features a press box,
wireless Internet, covered chair back seating behind home plate, concessions and restrooms. The team will also benefit from an indoor hitting/pitching cage with team rooms located along the right field line that can be used throughout the year.
The facility is a part of the UD Sports Complex along with UD Arena,
Welcome Stadium, UD Softball Stadium and football practice facility. |
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UD SOFTBALL STADIUM |
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UD Softball Stadium in 2005 as part of the Arena Sports Complex on the banks of the Great Miami River. UD
softball stadium features dugouts, batting cages, bullpens with
multiple pitching rubbers and a state-of-the-art natural grass
playing surface. Future plans include
grandstand seating, press box, concessions and permanent restrooms.
The unique location offers fans scenic views of the Great Miami
river and Carrillon Park while enjoying Flyer softball games. |
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ATHLETICS PRACTICE FACILITY |
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The renovation of the Athletics Practice Facility provides quality indoor practice space for basketball, football, track & field, tennis, soccer, baseball and softball. It enables the Flyers to simultaneously enhance the student-athlete experience and competitive performance. The refurbished facility, which opened in January 2007, benefits more than 350 Flyer student-athletes. By adding the additional practice space, UD teams gain flexibility to train and practice. |
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ROWING FACILITIES |
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The Boathouse
UD Women's Rowing Team trains out of a boathouse in Moraine, located on East River Road just 10 minutes from campus. They share the boathouse with the UD Men's Rowing Team and the Dayton Boat Club (DBC). The two-bay boathouse was built by volunteers from these three teams, and provides access to over 5000 sheltered meters of the Great Miami River.
Fall Racing Venue
UD hosts fall head races at their boathouse in Moraine, where there is ample opportunity to view the race from a number of spots along the bike path.
Directions:
From Campus, take Stewart Street West toward the River. Make a left onto Main Street (State Route 48). Take the first right onto River Park Drive. Turn left onto Patterson Blvd. Take the first right onto Carillon Blvd. Follow Carillon Blvd under interstate 75 and under a train bridge where it turns into East River Road. Follow East River Road across Dryden Road. The boathouse is a large green structure on the right just past Orbit Cranes.
From 75 North or South, Take Exit 50A for Dryden Road. Turn left at Dryden Road. Turn left just past the Sunoco onto Arbor Street. Turn Left onto East River Road. The boathouse is a large green structure on the right just past Orbit Cranes.
Spring Racing Venue
UD hosts sprints at Eastwood Lake MetroPark, a Five Rivers MetroParks managed site. The 1850m buoyed course provides spectacular viewing of the entire race from the finish line area.
Directions: From Interstate 75 (North or South), take Route 4 North (toward Springfield/Columbus) for about
four miles. Exit Harshman Road and turn right. Take the first right into the Park.
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