Erickson-Hall Construction company has broken ground on the new Palomar College Athletic facilities in California. There will be new softball grounds built in addition to a new football stadium.
The $694 million Proposition M bond was authorized by voters in 2006. It has led to considerable renovation and improvements throughout the district. It provided the funding for the $22.8 million buildings at the San Marcos, California site built by HMC Architects.
The football and softball stadiums should take a year to build, and work should be finished in October 2023. Erickson-Hall is utilized in the new sporting complex at Palomar College. The company is a highly skilled contractor for both K–12 and higher education programs.
Palomar College to have its own football stadium for the first time since its establishment in 1946
Palomar College has never had a football stadium since it was established in 1946. Since the start of the program in 1947, the college’s football team has played its home games at local high schools. Up to 3,600 spectators may fit into the new football stadium, which also has a three-story press box with an elevator, a new synthetic turf field, and a scoreboard.
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Commencement ceremonies, which in the past were held in an open field next to the campus, will now take place in the stadium in addition to other significant university activities. A top program in the state, Palomar softball has won eight consecutive Pacific Coast Athletic Conference championships.
The squad will have a home on the new field that more accurately represents the caliber of their program. Batting cages, bullpens, masonry dugouts, a scoreboard, a press box, and a one-story fieldhouse will all be a part of the new 207-seat softball stadium.
The high-tech video equipment housed in each facility will give student-athletes a platform from which to assess their progress and, more importantly, be seen and recruited by four-year institutions, according to Daniel A. Lynds, athletic director at Palomar College.
“The new playing surfaces will greatly reduce the risk of injury and help to prolong their athletic careers.”
