Owsley B. Frazier Stadium

Owsley Frazier Stadium

A field hockey game at the stadium in 2017
Interactive map of Owsley Frazier Stadium
Full name	Owsley Brown Frazier Stadium
Address	201 Newburg Road Louisville, KY United States
Coordinates	38°12′57″N85°42′12″W / 38.21571°N 85.70322°W / 38.21571; -85.70322
Owner	Bellarmine University
Operator	Bellarmine Univ. Athletics
Type	Multi-purpose stadium
Capacity	2,000
Surface	Artificial turf
Current use	Soccer Field hockey Lacrosse Track and field
Construction
Opened	August 24, 2007;18 years ago (August 24, 2007)
Tenants
Bellarmine Knights (NCAA) teams: men's and women's soccer men's lacrosse women's field hockey track and field
Website
athletics.bellarmine.edu/owsley-stadium

Owsley B. Frazier Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium on the campus of Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. The facility serves as home to Bellarmine Knights men's and women's soccer, women's field hockey, men's lacrosse, and track and field teams.

The stadium opened on August 24, 2007, in a Bellarmine Knights women's soccer game, and was officially dedicated on August 28, 2007. Construction took approximately 18 months and was completed at an estimated cost of $5.1 million.

On February 20, 2010, the plaza area of the stadium was named after men's lacrosse coach Jack McGetrick. The plaza houses the locker rooms, concessions, and restrooms for the stadium. McGetrick started the lacrosse program at Bellarmine in 2004 and is well known throughout the lacrosse community. ^[1]

The stadium is named after Owsley Brown Frazier (1935–2012), a philanthropist who founded the Frazier History Museum. ^[2]

Features

Owsley B. Frazier Stadium incorporates several innovative features, including:

• Artificial turf. The artificial turf at the stadium has permanent markings for soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse. A complex drainage system is incorporated into the design to allow for play in all weather conditions. The "24/7" artificial field surface is named Joseph P. and Janet A. Clayton Field.
• Stadium lighting. The lighting system features redirected lighting which bends spill lighting back on to the field, drastically reducing the amount of light which will fall outside the stadium's perimeter. ^[3]
• Track surface. The track is an eight-lane, 400-meter track, featuring three long jump pits, two pole vault areas, a high jump pit, and a steeplechase water jump pit. The surface is a dual-durometer, polyurethane poured surface provided by Beynon Sport Surfaces, the same company which has installed tracks at other top college facilities including at Illinois, Maryland, and Purdue. ^[3]

References

1. "Owsley B. Frazier Stadium".
2. Our Founder on Frazier Museum
3. "Bellarmine Ready to Unveil $5.1 Million Stadium: Athletics News: Bellarmine University". Archived from the original on 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-06-02.

External links

• Official website