Baseball Stadium Complex Binghamton University, State University of New York Vestal, N.Y.

Project Description:

Binghamton University aimed to create a classically intimate baseball experience by safely positioning fans as close to the action as possible; employing high-end audio-visual systems, excellent lighting levels and color rendition; and providing access to major-league-quality amenities.

The project includes stadium seating around a turf field. An elevated boardwalk connects the two-story field house to the NCAA tournament-ready press box with hospitality lounge, VIP suites, concessions, a team store and restrooms. Extending down the third base line, berm seating was added along with an umpire locker room and visiting team restrooms.

The 38,000-square-foot field house was designed to incorporate new strategies for training and developing the total student-athlete. On the ground floor of the two-story structure is a team locker room with custom lockers, a team lounge, a nutrition area, a HIIT room, coaches locker rooms, indoor batting tunnels with retractable netting, and an athletic training space with hydrotherapy pools.

The second level efficiently lays out coach and staff offices, video rooms, monitored study space, conference rooms, support spaces and a multipurpose team meeting room with stadium seating overlooking the field. The smart locker rooms were designed for effective player reception, flow and visual connection among teammates. The final result is the culmination of various components, including player health and safety, program culture and traditions, and ingress and egress needs for efficient movement between training spaces.