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In addition to the entertaining brand of college baseball, fans
enjoy spacious seating close to the field in the beautiful Florida sun. They are treated to theatre like field level seating, quality concession areas, an outstanding scoreboard featuring up-to- date player statistics, clean restrooms and abundant parking along with a first class press box for media covering the Gator program.
McKethan Stadium seats 6,000 fans at capacity, including more
than 2,500 grandstand seats (almost 1,000 with chairbacks) and over 2,500 bleacher seats extending down the outfield lines in leftfield.
The original 1988 stadium construction and refurbishment was
made possible through a generous $2.4 million contribution of Alfred A. McKethan. McKethan was a major benefactor to the University of Florida in many ways over the years. |
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Always looking to improve its facilities, McKethan Stadium
underwent a $350,000 plaza development project in 1996 which produced a new main entrance, as well as created a plaza/courtyard atmosphere for fans surrounding the main grandstand. Construction over the previous summer added 1,000 seats to the main grandstand to replace seating lost through prior construction and press box expansion. The press box was rebuilt during the fall of 1996 with the aid of an additional gift of $300,000 from Mr. McKethan. The actual playing field, one of the best in the SEC, underwent an upgrade during the summer of 1997, with the field leveled and new grass planted. The most recent addition has increased the capacity to 5,000 fans with seats added along the left field line and beyond the left field fence.
Lights were first installed at the stadium in 1977 thanks to the
generous contribution from New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, a Bull Gator booster. |
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McKethan Stadium is complemented by the $5 million Lemerand
Athletic Center located on Stadium Road cornering up to Percy Beard Track and McKethan Stadium at Perry Field. It is a multi story 46,000-square foot building that provides locker rooms, equipment storage, training and sports medicine, along with coaches' offices for the baseball program. |
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DIMENSIONS (in feet)
Left 329
Left center 365
Center 400
Right center 375
Right 325
Surface: Natural grass
Capacity: 6,500
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Sources: gatorzone.com & alligator.org
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In 2006, McKethan Stadium and the Gale Lemerand Center
underwent a $13 million renovation plan that added 1,000 seats to the already 5,000-plus-person capacity baseball stadium.
In addition to adding the seats, the changes included a new locker
room, an indoor bullpen and batting cage and new coaches' offices. |