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The Park at St. Mary's
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Year Opened:Â 2013
Capacity:Â Nearly 9,000 between all facilities
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The Park at St. Mary's is a modern, multi-use sports facility capable of hosting NCAA tournaments and championships. Construction on the $16 million complex began in spring 2012, and was completed in spring 2013. It features upgraded facilities for athletes and fans, including renovations to the baseball field and construction of new baseball facilities, additional tennis courts, two soccer fields and two softball fields with a stadium with locker rooms. The project is a partnership between St. Mary’s and Bexar County, with a $6 million grant coming from Bexar County’s Community Venues Program.
Dickson Stadium, the baseball venue, builds upon the steel structure of the old venue, adding new locker rooms, concessions, seating, a concourse, a facade, a ticket office, a batting cage and berm seating. The latter will bring fans closer to the game, providing a uniquely intimate view of the action. The renovated facilities bear the name Dickson Stadium honoring a $1 million pledge from Dave Dickson (B.B.A. '68).
The soccer field adds to the beautiful landscape and is named Sigma Beta Chi Field in honor of a generous gift from the fraternity. The field features a FIFA regulation-size field, bleachers and lights for nighttime games. Offering prospective players the chance to play on a professional-scale field, it also puts them in the heart of a college campus—a prime opportunity for two targeted audiences, youth-league and high-school players, to be exposed to higher education.
The brand-new Softball Stadium, the state-of-the-art softball complex, will rival Division I facilities and includes locker rooms, batting cages, a ticket office and outfield berm seating. The soccer complex features a FIFA regulation-size field with a coach's viewing tower and bleachers, while the tennis courts will include six resurfaced courts, two brand-new courts, permanent bleachers and a shade structure. There is also an intramural field serving both softball and football, an intramural field for soccer, a flexible-use field for concerts or festivals, and a new archway and signage along the Northwest 36th Street entrance.
The plans for the facility coincide with the University's mission, which as a Catholic Marianist University is to foster the formation of people in faith and educate leaders for the common good through community, integrated liberal arts and professional education, and academic excellence. The complex figures to become a vital part of the community of the West Side of San Antonio, with it being able to host a variety of activities and programs designed to meet the interests and needs of the public. These activities could include youth sports clinics, athlete autograph-signing opportunities, festivals and concerts, and the collection of food items at the facilities to help people in the community.
Naming opportunities and sponsorships for The Park at St. Mary's are still available. Give online or for more information, please contact us at 210-436-3802 or giving@stmarytx.edu.For information on Rattler Athletics and team schedules, visit the St. Mary's Athletics webpage.
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