Temple University Facilities
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The Liacouras Center - Men's and Women's Basketball
Rededicated on February 13, 2000, and named in honor of former Temple President Peter J. Liacouras, The Liacouras Center, the home of Temple basketball, is one of the premier on-campus arenas in the country. Already the site of some exciting events in its history, the Temple venue has hosted such sold-out concerts as Bob Dylan, along with the NBA Players Party prior to the 2002 NBA All-Star game and the 2002 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Championship. The Liacouras Center was also the site of the 2003 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, the 2004 NCAA Women's Basketball First and Second Rounds, and the 2006 NCAA Women's Basketball Regional In an historic partnership, the Pennsylvania state legislature provided capital funds - $31.8 million - to build a new multi-use complex, provided the University could raise $28.7 million from private sources. The total cost of the multi-building complex would be $107 million - an investment in Temple's future. Originally christened The Forum at The Apollo of Temple, the Board of Trustees voted in 2000 to change the building name to The Liacouras Center in honor of President Liacouras' retirement after 18 years as Temple's chief executive. |
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Lincoln Financial Field - Football
On August 13, 2003, the Philadelphia Eagles and Temple University announced a 15-year pact for the Owls to play their home football games at Lincoln Financial Field. An average of 24,137 fans per game witnessed the Cherry & White in their inaugural season at the venue, a 21 percent increase from the prior year's average. Lincoln Financial Field, familiarly known as The Linc, is the home stadium of the National Football League's Philadelphia Eagles. It has a seating capacity of 68,532 (69,032 with Standing Room Only tickets). The stadium was named in June 2002 when Lincoln Financial Group paid $139.6 million for naming rights over the next 21 years. It is located in South Philadelphia on Pattison Avenue between 11th and 10th Streets, closer to the area's stretch of Interstate 95 than to Pattison. |
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Edberg Olson Hall - Football
Edberg-Olson Hall is the home of the Temple University football program. Officially dedicated on December 9, 2000, the facility was designed by AP3C Architects of Philadelphia. The building was engineered to not only support the football team's functional requirements, but to enhance the experience through innovative design concepts. During the season, approximately 250 people will pass through its doors on a daily basis. The 23,600-square-foot building contains team and coaches locker rooms, a weight room, a training room, equipment facilities, coach's offices, observation balcony, a players' lounge, computer lab, individual position meeting rooms and a theater-style team meeting room. It is the perfect complement to a gridiron landscape outside featuring over 100,000 square feet of Sprinturf and 24,000 square feet of Astroturf. Eight, 85-foot poles providing 85 candles of white rendition light line the perimeter of the complex. Powder-coated cyclone fences provide privacy. |
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McGonigle Hall - Volleyball, Men's and Women's Gymnastics, Fencing
Summer 1969 marked the first use of Temple University's physical education and athletics building, located in the heart of the Main Campus at Broad Street and Montgomery Avenue. The complex currently houses a weight room and training facilities, as well as facilities for teaching, research, student recreation and athletic competition. The Temple volleyball, fencing and men's and women's gymnastics squads play their home competitions in McGonigle Hall. Most easily recognized in the block-square complex by its high glass wall front is McGonigle Hall, named in recognition of a gift for furnishings and equipment by the late Arthur T. McGonigle, a Temple trustee, and dedicated in December, 1969. Located here is the large arena seating 3,900 spectators for basketball, fencing, gymnastics and volleyball competitions. The 50 x 94 foot basketball court can also be divided into smaller courts for daytime physical education classes in volleyball, badminton or basketball. |
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Geasey Field - Field Hockey and Women's Lacrosse
The AstroTurf on Geasey Field is one of the largest permanent AstroTurf surfaces in the world, covering over 156,000 square feet. The lighted facility at 15th and Norris Streets serves as the home of Temple field hockey and lacrosse. |
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TU Pavilion - Men's and Women's Tennis
The TU Pavilion is the home of the Temple men's and women's tennis teams. The facility has four courts for matches and practices and is located on 15th Street in between Berks and Norris Streets. An indoor structure allows for practice in the winter months and during inclement weather. It is also used by Temple Rec Services. |
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Skip Wilson Field - Baseball
Home to the Owls since its debut on March 25, 2004, Skip Wilson Field is one of the region's finest venues for collegiate baseball. Temple christened the field with a 6-2 win over the University of the Sciences. The field was dedicated on May 15, 2004 and has a seating capacity of 1,000. Measuring 330 feet down the lines and 400 feet to dead center, the field is one of three venues in the Ambler Sports Complex, joining the softball and men's and women's soccer teams, which also play their home games at Temple's Ambler campus. Future plans also include stadium seating and a press box. The field was named for long-time head coach James "Skip" Wilson on May 15, 2006. Wilson, who led the Owls to two College World Series appearances and compiled 1,034 wins in 46 seasons, retired in August, 2005. He guided Temple to 14 NCAA Tournaments and 10 conference championships during his tenure. |
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Ambler Field - Softball
The Temple softball program introduced its brand-new Ambler Softball Field on March 26, 2004 before a 2-0 win in the second-half of a double-header with Fordham. Less than one month later, on April 25, the Cherry and White celebrated the field's grand opening in grand fashion as 1996 Olympic gold medalist and former Owl Dionna Harris threw out the opening pitch of a double-header with Massachusetts. Joining Harris for the ribbon-cutting ceremony were the three softball coaches in Temple's history - Ronnie Maurek (1975-91), Carol Kashow (1992-97) and the late Rocci Pignoli. The Ambler Softball Field, with a capacity of 1,000, measures 190 feet down the right and left field lines and 220 to straight-away centerfield. The field is located in the former location of the Temple University Music Festival (closed in the 1970s). A portion of the concrete base from the amphitheater seating has been preserved and is used as a support structure for softball spectator seating. |
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Ambler Soccer Field - Men's and Women's Soccer
Temple University's men's and women's soccer teams have been playing their home matches at Ambler Soccer Field since the start of the 2004 season. Located on the University's Ambler Campus, the regulation-size, natural-grass field provides the Owls' soccer teams with one of the finest pitches in the region. The venue also features a second, natural grass field for the two teams to use for practice. |
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Ambler Fieldhouse
The Ambler Fieldhouse, located between Skip Wilson Field and the Ambler Softball Field on the Temple-Ambler campus, houses coaches offices for baseball, softball and men's and women's soccer. The fieldhouse offers locker rooms and training facilities for each sport. Temple University Ambler also developed "green roof" structures on the athletics facility. Green roofs are a living biological community of plants and microorganisms growing in a lightweight medium that provide an environmentally sound alternative to a traditional roof system. |
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