Students, faculty, alumni, and future student-athletes at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte are eagerly anticipating the 2013 football season. The 49ers will take the field for the first time in school history August 31, 2013, versus the Campbell Camels.
The 49ers' new football stadium will initially boast 15,000 seats. The stadium is designed to grow with the program, with planned expansion to 25,000 and 40,000 seats. Full build-out of 40,000 seats includes premium seating, hospitality, and university functions found in premier stadiums.
DLR Group and local partner Jenkins Peer Architects are designing the facility to create a dynamic game-day experience on campus for 49ers fans and student-athletes. The new stadium will capture everything game day is about, from tailgating and hospitality spaces, to great sightlines for viewing action on the field. Wide concourses and convenient amenities will add to the overall fan experience.
Training facilities at the stadium complex include two natural turf fields and a 45,000 SF football team field house. The field house, located in the stadium’s south end zone with views to the field, creates enclosure for the stadium and is a focal point of the facility design. It includes team locker rooms, sports medicine, strength training, meeting rooms, coaches’ offices, academic spaces and other support facilities. The stadium also has a large outdoor terrace for hospitality events overlooking the football field.
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