Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium is a combined multi-purpose outdoor athletic facility in North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania owned by Washington & Jefferson College. The playing surface is made of FieldTurf, like the college's football stadium, Cameron Stadium.[1] At 233,000-square-foot (21,600 m2), the facility was the home of the largest continuous artificial playing surface in the world at its completion in 2004.[1][2]
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| Location | 2 Washington Federal Way, Washington, PA |
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| Coordinates | 40°09′17″N 80°16′52″W / 40.154622°N 80.281198°W |
| Owner | Washington & Jefferson College |
| Operator | Washington & Jefferson College |
| Field size | 233,000 ft.2 |
| Surface | FieldTurf |
| Opened | 2004 |
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| Washington & Jefferson Presidents (NCAA DIII) (2004–present) Washington BlueSox (2006–2008) | |
Located adjacent to Wild Things Park, the facility accommodates two full soccer and lacrosse fields.[1] In the fall, Alexandre Stadium is home to the college's men's and women's soccer teams; in the spring, the men's lacrosse team.[1]
Ross Memorial Park is the home field for the W&J baseball team. RMP hosted the 2015, 2016 and 2017 NCAA Division III Mideast Regional Championships.[1] One of the two soccer fields overlaps the outfield of Ross Memorial Park, and the facility is adapted to baseball use by altering the fence and revealing the base areas.[1] The stadium contains four hundred chairback seats in addition to a press box and a state-of-the-art scoreboard.[1]
The facility also is home to the Ross Locker Room facility, providing an official home for baseball, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's lacrosse.[3] The facility, adjacent to the fields, houses three full-sized locker rooms, an athletic training room, an officials' locker room, and an equipment and laundry room.[3] The locker room facility was dedicated on April 19, 2008, in honor of James David Ross, thanks to a private donation from the Ross family.[3] Ross was a manager of the Lower Burrell American Legion baseball team for 22 years, amassing over 600 wins leading the program to 17 league championships and eight Westmoreland County titles.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g "Ross Memorial Park/Alexandre Stadium". Washington & Jefferson College. Archived from the original on 2007-10-30.
- ^ Phil, Axelrod (2004-04-21). "District Roundup: Cal coach candidate for new job". Pittsburgh Post Gazette. PG Publishing Co., Inc.
- ^ a b c d "Ross Locker Rooms". Washington& Jefferson College.