Project Overview:

This project will benefit many of Grambling State University's 15 Division I athletics programs – men’s and women’s track and field, cross country, and soccer, all of whom will use the facility for practice and/or competition. It will also serve as a community-wide recreation and wellness resource for students, faculty, and staff; club sports, such as flag football and soccer; and many intramural teams.

Most notably, Grambling’s track and field and cross-country programs will finally have a home. They are well established and have competed with notable success in Division I athletics since the early 1990s despite not having an on-campus facility for training or competitions in nearly a decade.

Plans for the project include an NCAA regulation eight-lane running track with a grass interior field on the site of the College’s existing track and field facility, which is largely used for intramural sports today. 

The new facility would include space for various field events, including steeplechase, long jump, triple jump, high jump, and pole vault. Throwing events, such as javelin, shot put, hammer and discus, would be held in redesigned and included within the space to develop an all-inclusive track and field facility.

In addition to the new facility, plans are also being developed to include a locker room space for student-athletes of the men’s and women’s programs, while also constructing a public restroom. 

 

 

Allocated Budget
$1,100,000

Funding Source

Student Athletic Fee

Primary Use
Athletic/Intramural

Square Footage

N/A

Targeted Completion

Fall 2024