Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium
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Ross Memorial Park and Alexandre Stadium is a combined multi-purpose outdoor athletic facility in North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania
owned by Washington & Jefferson College
. The playing surface is made of FieldTurf
, like the college's football stadium, Cameron Stadium
. At 233000 square feet (21,646.4 m²), the facility was the home of the largest continuous artificial playing surface in the world at its completion in 2004.
Located adjacent to CONSOL Energy Park
, the facility accommodates two full soccer and lacrosse fields. In the fall, Alexandre Stadium is home to the college’s men’s and women’s soccer teams; in the spring, the men’s lacrosse team.
Ross Memorial Park is the home field for the W&J baseball team. One of the two soccer fields overlaps the outfield of Ross Memorial Park, and the facility is adapted to baseball use by altering the fence and revealing the base areas. The stadium contains four hundred chairback seats in addition to a press box and a state-of-the-art scoreboard.
The facility also is home to the Ross Locker Room facility, providing an official home for baseball, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's lacrosse. The facility, adjacent to the fields, houses three full-sized locker rooms, an athletic training room, an officials' locker room, and an equipment and laundry room. The locker room facility was dedicated on April 19, 2008 in honor of James David Ross, thanks to a generous gift from the Ross family. Ross was a manager of the Lower Burrell
American Legion baseball team for 22 years, amassing over 600 wins leading the program to 17 league championships and eight Westmoreland County
titles.
North Franklin Township, Pennsylvania
North Franklin Township is a township in Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 4,818 at the 2000 census.-Geography:...
owned by Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington & Jefferson College, also known as W & J College or W&J, is a private liberal arts college in Washington, Pennsylvania, in the United States, which is south of Pittsburgh...
. The playing surface is made of FieldTurf
FieldTurf
FieldTurf is a brand of artificial turf playing surface. It is manufactured and installed by the FieldTurf Tarkett division of Tarkett Inc., based in Calhoun, Georgia, USA. In the late 1990s, the artificial surface changed the industry with a design intended to replicate real grass...
, like the college's football stadium, Cameron Stadium
Cameron Stadium
Cameron Stadium is an outdoor football stadium adjacent to the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania.-Facilities and amenities:Located one mile from campus...
. At 233000 square feet (21,646.4 m²), the facility was the home of the largest continuous artificial playing surface in the world at its completion in 2004.
Located adjacent to CONSOL Energy Park
CONSOL Energy Park
CONSOL Energy Park is a 3,200-seat multi-pupose baseball stadium in North Franklin Township near Washington, Pennsylvania that hosted its first regular season baseball game on May 29, 2002, as the primary tenants of the facility, the Washington Wild Things, lost to the Canton Coyotes, 3-0. The...
, the facility accommodates two full soccer and lacrosse fields. In the fall, Alexandre Stadium is home to the college’s men’s and women’s soccer teams; in the spring, the men’s lacrosse team.
Ross Memorial Park is the home field for the W&J baseball team. One of the two soccer fields overlaps the outfield of Ross Memorial Park, and the facility is adapted to baseball use by altering the fence and revealing the base areas. The stadium contains four hundred chairback seats in addition to a press box and a state-of-the-art scoreboard.
The facility also is home to the Ross Locker Room facility, providing an official home for baseball, men's and women's soccer, and men's and women's lacrosse. The facility, adjacent to the fields, houses three full-sized locker rooms, an athletic training room, an officials' locker room, and an equipment and laundry room. The locker room facility was dedicated on April 19, 2008 in honor of James David Ross, thanks to a generous gift from the Ross family. Ross was a manager of the Lower Burrell
Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania
Lower Burrell is a city in Westmoreland County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. Located approximately 18 miles northeast of Downtown Pittsburgh, Lower Burrell is part of the Pittsburgh Metro Area...
American Legion baseball team for 22 years, amassing over 600 wins leading the program to 17 league championships and eight Westmoreland County
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 369,993 people, 149,813 households, and 104,569 families residing in the county. The population density was 361 people per square mile . There were 161,058 housing units at an average density of 157 per square mile...
titles.