Amherst College – Pratt Field House

As part of a major renovation to the third-oldest NCAA football playing site in the nation, the project added a 15,000-square-foot field house, grandstands, and track. 

Client:		Amherst College
Designer:		Bowie Gridley Architects
Size:		17,600 SF

Project Features

• Addition of a 15,000-sf Field House that included a medical facility (exam, taping and treatment rooms), locker and equipment rooms.
• A new turf football field, track, grandstands (reusing the existing bleachers), 3-story press box and site improvements were constructed.
• Demolition of the existing football field, track, player locker rooms and several miscellaneous storage structures about the site.
• Handicapped accessibility upgrades.
• Renovations to the existing masonry gate structures at the major entrances.