Facilities Update

[UAalum72]

'This week @ UAlbany' schedule still lists Saturday's FH game vs. New Hampshire as '(UAlbany Campus)' - they won't need lights, maybe with temporary bleachers if they get some kind of scoreboard up.

[GreatDanes06]

UAlbany Campus can mean the practice field (were Rugby plays) etc...but if its Fallon Field, thats awesome, especially since its Homecoming and Family Weekend. Yea i wonder what type of scoreboard and where the bleechers will be positioned etc...Lights are awesome since i still like the idea of night games.

[UAalum72]

League rules require artificial turf for the playoffs, and we've played all our home games at Union or Skidmore for two years, so I doubt they'd go to a grass field - another turf is more likely.

 

Does Fallon Field refer to just the lacrosse field or to the entire complex?

[GreatDanes06]

id love to see an update on the site for it...i think this field is gonna be sick when complete and you get fans out to it...i mean its gonna change the face of field hockey and lacrosse like never before...like to see them update the info on the Facilities Page with a finished pic and info on it when its done ( i expect they will)

[UAalum72]

Spoke to a UA admin today. The field hockey pitch is ready to go, but there are papers to push re access and safety of players and spectators moving thru the construction zone . The posts are up for the scoreboard. The lights should be installed during the next week, but just in case the Syracuse FH game has been changed from 6:00 to 4:00.

 

Permanent lacrosse seating (2,000 - 2,500) probably won't be built until after next spring season, temporary seats until then.

[alum73]

I went by the fields yesterday. It was interesting to see the difference between the two fields. The turf, assuming it's in it's final form, is quite different on field hockey vs. LAX. The turf is much longer looking on LAX. I can't wait to see the finished product.

[GreatDanes06]

3 light polls with lights were up today...gonna go to FH tmrw before our broadcast, check it out

[DaneFan2k3]

Well isn't the lax field really fieldturf? That is basically fake grass with a filler around it instead of dirt or sand (artificial filler). Whereas the field hockey turf should be as close to the old astroturf as they can (I'm sure it's better than the old astroturf, but it should be basically flat carpet).

[UAalum72]

Yes, in FH the ball is always on the ground and needs to roll easily, in lax the ball is usually in the air so the premium is a surface that you can run on without hurting knees and ankles.

[GreatDanes06]

so i went down to the field today...pretty much its still a construction site. The field looks awesome. But there is still alot needed to be finished. But it looks pretty good.

 

Are they building a parking lot on the part in between Indian and the field?

[UAalum72]

The master plan had some kind of building there, but I think they've only been using that area for storage, and dumping and sifting the dirt fill for the construction.

[GreatDanes06]

ok thats sounds interesting...but yea its stilla construction site. But man i think its gonna look sick when finished

[reeder]

Will they get to play any games there this year?

[Patch]

FH team played on their turf field Saturday in the torrential rain and lost in OT. The other field should be ready for use soon.

 

4 of 6 banks of lights are in place but no scoreboards or bleachers are in place.

[GreatDanes06]

UAlbany website states that FH is open for business, and all final home games will be played there...

 

field will be known as Alumni Turf Field.