FB94 THE NEW ALUMNI STADIUM

Boston College Fact Book, 1993-1994

Contact:  factbook@bc.edu 

Date Posted: Apr 11 1995

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THE NEW ALUMNI STADIUM



Football fans visiting Boston College's Alumni Stadium in the

1994 season were welcomed into one of the newest and finest

facilities in all of college athletics.



The renovation and expansion of Alumni Stadium involved the

construction of 32,500 new seats. There are 12,000 previously

existing seats (the East and West side upper decks). Some 20,000

lower level seats were removed before the new construction began.

Capacity of Alumni Stadium is now 44,500.



Among the other improvements to the Stadium are:



 <> 24 new luxury boxes - 12 in each end zone. There are 12 seats

    in each box.

 <> Two 4-color matrix scoreboards, manufactured by Daktronics.

    The Stadium also has two additional message boards, two game-

    in-progress information boards, four

    25-second clocks and eight back-lit advertising panels.

 <> New lighting for practice opportunities, with all lamps

    located at the mid-level section of the sideline stands.

 <> A new state-of-the-art distributive sound system, which

    includes a large number of speakers placed throughout the

    stadium, instead of the former "cluster-speaker" system. This

    enables selective use of a lesser number of speakers for

    smaller audiences.

 <> Six new concession stands.

 <> Three new souvenir stands.

 <> Eight new rest rooms.

 <> Eight new First Aid rooms, each with a treatment area and

    waiting room.

 <> A new security office.

 <> Four new elevators.

 <> Wider aisles and handrails throughout.

 <> Well-lit and wider field-level concourse. A new walking

    concourse at the mid-level of the stadium.

 <> 450 wheelchair-accessible seats. A speaker enhancement system

    for the hearing impaired is also available.

 <> New graphics and signage throughout the stadium.



Utilized in the construction process were:

 <> 500 tons of reinforced steel bars inside cement;

 <> 1,000+ precast pieces of concrete trim;

 <> 1,100 tons of structural steel;

 <> 9,200 cubic yards of cast-in-place concrete;

 <> 25,000 cubic yards of excavated material;

 <> 85,000 new face bricks;

 <> 110,000 concrete blocks; and

 <> 205,000 square feet of concrete walking area installed.



Architect for the Alumni Stadium project was Architectural

Resources Cambridge, Inc. (ARC). Principal contractor was Richard

White Sons of Auburndale, Mass.



Construction began in early February. The first game - vs.

Virginia Tech - was played on September 17.



Source:  Sports Information Office