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- Info
Oshkosh Sports Complex
- Started as the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh’s football field.
- Evolved into a unique collaborative endeavor involving the University, the Unified Catholic Schools, the Oshkosh Area School District and the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Foundation.
- Boasts an nine-lane, Olympic-quality outdoor track with an adjacent warm-up track; the tracks — along with facilities for shot put; long, high and triple jumps; pole vault; javelin; discus; and hammer throw — rank the Oshkosh Sports Complex among the best track-and-field facilities in the Midwest.
- Is home to J. J. Keller Field, one of Midwest’s finest fields, in company with Lambeau Field and Camp Randall; the field’s synthetic turf is designed to reduce injury.
- Provides state-of-the-art training areas for student athletes to excel at football, soccer, baseball, softball, and track and field.
- Features a newly built baseball stadium with modern lighting and scoreboards.
- Is designed to be a multi-seasonal, multi-purpose facility suitable for regional and national sporting events, festivals and concerts.
- Has four natural-grass fields for soccer and football.
- Hosts approximately 120 events each year.
- Will accommodate more than 250 athletes, 32 coaches, 10,000 guests at J. J. Keller Field at Titan Stadium, 2,000 guests at Tiedemann Field and 500 guests at the future softball field.
- Has hosted national competitions, including the NCAA Division III men’s and women’s track meets in 2007.
Timeline:
- 1970 — Titan Stadium and the competition football field are constructed.
- 1973 — A track is added to the complex.
- 1975 — A baseball diamond is constructed.
- 1994 — A vertical lift makes the stadium handicapped-accessible; the Campbell Creek nine-lane track is resurfaced.
- 1996 — Women’s softball and dugouts are created; additional football fields are developed.
- 2000-2007 — Phase I improvements are initiated, including an Olympic-quality outdoor track, a renovated stadium and a state-of-the-art football/soccer field featuring synthetic turf designed to reduce injury.
- 2008 and beyond — Phase II sees the addition of new locker rooms, restrooms, facilities for the sale of tickets and concessions, classrooms and coaches’ offices, entrance plaza, softball stadium, and baseball and softball stadium lights — making Oshkosh Sports Complex a true contender for national athletic events.
by
Jaime Hunt
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last modified
Feb 09, 2010 08:40 AM
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