University of Florida Baseball Locker Room and Lemerand Center Renovation
Gainesville, FL
Year in Showcase: 2008
Project Description
The expansion of the University
of Florida’s baseball stadium and
team training facilities required fitting
1,400 spectator seats, an expanded
concourse, an indoor pitching and
batting workout area, team locker and
equipment areas, coaches’ offices, a
concessions stand and restrooms, and
a renovated maintenance building and
irrigation well within a 250-by-150-
foot area down the existing stadium’s
left-field line.
A generous lobby celebrates
the national recognition of past
Gator teams and provides views
to the baseball field and its large
scoreboard. Coaches’ offices also
are laid out to provide views of the
fi eld and stadium. The locker room
incorporates clerestory windows
to bring in natural daylight without
compromising valuable wall space
for wood lockers, flat-panel TVs and
coaches’ marker boards.
The exterior of the project includes
a makeover of the existing stadium,
a monochromatic mix of concrete
and gray concrete block. To match
other athletic department buildings
composed predominantly of brick,
the new construction also includes
a brick exterior that was extended
onto portions of the stadium and
maintenance building, unifying
all elements with a rich color and
texture. The new building’s solid
brick forms are further broken with a
large expanse of glass at the entrance,
which is oriented toward a spectator
plaza.
Project Details
Architect of Record: RDG Planning & Design
Construction Cost: $10.9 million
Square Feet: 25,119
Occupancy: September 2006
Vendors
Baseball Backstops: Burbank Sports Nets
Bleachers/Grandstands: American Seating Co.
Bleachers/Grandstands: Southern Bleacher Co.
Dryers: Dexter Co., The
Floor Finishes: Dal-Tile Corp.
Floor Finishes:
Mondo
Flooring: Dal-Tile Corp.
Hydrotherapy Tank: Ferno Performance Pools
Lighting: Lithonia Lighting
Lighting:
Musco Lighting
Shower/Toilet Partitions: Accurate Partitions Corp.
Washers: Dexter Co., The
