New kinesiology labs are being constructed on the Liberal Arts campus. The project is called “Kinesiology Labs & Aquatic Center.”
The construction of the new fields are managed by LBCC and the Bond Management Team.
The new kinesiology labs project started last summer and it consists of building five beach volleyball courts, six new tennis courts, one new softball field, and two new soccer fields.
LBCC’s athletic director Bill Husak said, “The new facilities will be spectacular for us. It will be a great place for student athletes to come practice and train. It will be a great place for fans to come and watch competitions.”
One of the soccer fields will be a multipurpose field, which “will be lined, it will have lacrosse lines as well,” Husak said.
Lacrosse is expected to become a new sport in LBCC.
“Lacrosse is a growing sport and we put in the possibility that we will be able to have a lacrosse team in the future,” Husak said.
The grass of the new softball field and soccer fields will not be natural grass anymore, but will instead be artificial grass, saving money on maintenance and cost.
The new softball field will be situated below the existing baseball field on the southeast side of the Veterans Memorial Stadium.
The soccer fields, tennis courts and beach volleyball courts will be located on the west side of building Q, next to Faculty Avenue and in front of Carson Street.
However, the construction does not consist of only building new fields. It will turn Faculty Avenue into a non-vehicle road.
Faculty Avenue “looks like a vehicle road but in the future it won’t be,” said John Doung, manager of the Bond Management Team.
Faculty Avenue would connect the new fields to the gymnasium, which would create an athletic area on LAC.
This project is expected to be finished in 2021 and be ready to be used by students and faculty in Spring of 2022.