'On October 28, 2021, OU Vice President and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione announced that Love's Travel Stops, the nations leading travel stop network, has provided the lead and naming gift for the University of Oklahoma's new softball stadium. The new facility will be called Love's Field.
The company has pledged $9 million toward the project and also extended a challenge to other donors. It will match every other donation dollar for dollar up to an additional $3 million dollars as part of project fundraising. Once fulfilled, the match will result in a total gift of $12 million from Love's, which is the largest philanthropic gift directed toward a female specific sport program in OU Athletics history.
Love's Field will be the new home to champions with aligning state of the art training facilities for OU Softball student-athletes and coaches. The new facility includes a 10,500 square-foot indoor training facility, which is nearly double the size of the current training space, and several team spaces including a training room, locker room and classroom. It also has space for a recognition area to showcase national championships, All-Americans and other outstanding accomplishments.
Love's Field will be constructed at the northwest corner of South Jenkins Avenue and Imhoff Road, approximately one-half mile south of the current stadium location. It will accommodate seating for 3,000 and is being designed to allow for expansion. The current stadium has a seating capacity of 1,378. Temporary seating is added annually to increase the capacity to approximately 1,900.
Minimum estimates for Love's Field currently stand at approximately $42 million. To date more than $20 million has been raised through the generosity of Sooner Club members. Love's Field is expected to be fully funded by direct private support making it the most ever privately fundraised for a female student-athlete facility in intercollegiate sport. Architects and facility planners are completing design concepts. Groundbreaking will likely occur in 2022. It is expected that the stadium will open for the 2024 season.
The company has pledged $9 million toward the project and also extended a challenge to other donors. It will match every other donation dollar for dollar up to an additional $3 million dollars as part of project fundraising. Once fulfilled, the match will result in a total gift of $12 million from Love's, which is the largest philanthropic gift directed toward a female specific sport program in OU Athletics history.
Love's Field will be the new home to champions with aligning state of the art training facilities for OU Softball student-athletes and coaches. The new facility includes a 10,500 square-foot indoor training facility, which is nearly double the size of the current training space, and several team spaces including a training room, locker room and classroom. It also has space for a recognition area to showcase national championships, All-Americans and other outstanding accomplishments.
Love's Field will be constructed at the northwest corner of South Jenkins Avenue and Imhoff Road, approximately one-half mile south of the current stadium location. It will accommodate seating for 3,000 and is being designed to allow for expansion. The current stadium has a seating capacity of 1,378. Temporary seating is added annually to increase the capacity to approximately 1,900.
Minimum estimates for Love's Field currently stand at approximately $42 million. To date more than $20 million has been raised through the generosity of Sooner Club members. Love's Field is expected to be fully funded by direct private support making it the most ever privately fundraised for a female student-athlete facility in intercollegiate sport. Architects and facility planners are completing design concepts. Groundbreaking will likely occur in 2022. It is expected that the stadium will open for the 2024 season.
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