Photos of Completed Lafayette Varsity House & Stadium

[Lafalumni29]

The final photo gallery. WOW!!!!! xbowx

http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060107aah.html

[MDFAN]

WOW!!!!!!!

[Pard94]

OH MY GOD! I'm actually misty eyed looking at those pictures. I want to live there.

[Bud2003]

That is amazing!!!

[DFW HOYA]

It's the facility Georgetown should have built before the school nearly went broke.

Instead, there's this:

http://www.hoyabasketball.com/images/msf.gif

[PeacockRaider]

WOW what a difference! I haven't been there since the 2005 game vs. Colgate and was annoyed at the fact it was hard to see the game from the visitor stands. Not to mention the splinters I had in my a$$ and the dirt field. The whole complex looks great, I'll have to make it back to the game this year. Must be nice to have that alumni support, kudos to the Bourger's.

[danefan]

Very nice. That's going to sway many recruits I'm sure.

[g-webb1994]

Impressive! Should give a big edge in recruiting for sure.
xbowx xbowx xbowx

[BobbyMo]

Very nice. That's going to sway many recruits I'm sure.

Without a doubt, that is unreal.

[SU Jag]

Nicexnodx Very Nicexbowx xbowx

[slostang]

Awesome.xbowx

[GoGuins]

Sweet!xthumbsupx

[TheBisonator]

HOLY SCHNIKEES!!! Those are some top-notch facilities.

Do I see an FBS move in the future for Lafayette???:D

[aggie6thman]

Can someone please post pictures of it. For some reason my computer hates that photo gallery and always freezes on me when I try to open it.

[Pards Rule]

Hey we wouldn't turn down a bowl game :) Actually we did - the 1949 Sun Bowl cause the law at that time forbid African-Americans from playing there in El Paso, TX and LC had one player that couldn't play, David Shoals (second stringer), and the team voted not to play. I'm still waiting for the movie on that! I look forward to checking it out on Sept. 1st for the very first night game at Fisher Field/Stadium...

[Go...gate]

Just looked at this again. As much as I love Goodman, this is the best in the PL, IMO. Congratulations to Lehigh.

[Cobblestone]

I'll have my 3 year old son throwing passes tonight, please call a recruiter. Right now I'm cleaning the drool off my desk after seeing the weight room.

Best wishes with this facility guys. xthumbsupx

[CSUBUCDAD]

Man oh man those are some wonderful facilites. You guys should be very proud and thankful. CSU has their new facility in the planning stages and I can only hope it is half as nice as that.

[Pard4Life]

Cripes that is nice... I was on campus yesterday and peaked through the windows... very nice.. the hot-tub looks directly out onto the field. The offices, desks, space, rooms look spectacular. Unforunately the building was locked or else I would have went inside.

I like the trophy 'throne' room xlolx ...where the trophy get its own pedestal.. how poetic..

[MDFAN]

Lafayette is on the top of my list!!!!!!!

[Pard94]

Just looked at this again. As much as I love Goodman, this is the best in the PL, IMO. Congratulations to Lehigh.

Surely you mean congrats to Lafayette:) I'll be lucky if I see that place in person maybe twice a year...and yet I feel like I am attending Lafayette all over again. It is just so first class I am really quite stunned by the whole thing.

[89Hen]

Depressing. :(


xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx xbowx

[65 Pard]

HOLY COW!
This proves that money isn't everything.....but it's way ahead of whatever is in second place

[Pards Rule]

Kudos to the team, admin, and Tavani and his staff. Look at where this program was a mere five years ago after the well publicized and ill timed (at peak of recruiting) consideration on whether to drop the program, move to Div 3 or keep it at Div. 1...And thanks to the alumni who stepped up and committed the dollars to keep the LC program in Div. 1..

[DFW HOYA]

HOLY COW!
This proves that money isn't everything.....but it's way ahead of whatever is in second place

Or seventh.

[Calif_Colonial]

That is an outstanding facility! WOW! That will make your recruiting much much easier!

[Go...gate]

Surely you mean congrats to Lafayette:) I'll be lucky if I see that place in person maybe twice a year...and yet I feel like I am attending Lafayette all over again. It is just so first class I am really quite stunned by the whole thing.

Please don't misunderstand - I absolutely mean congrats to Lafayette. You guys have flat-out raised the facilities bar by a substantial margin.

The LC Football House is beautiful - IMO, nicer than the Hale Center at FBS Rutgers and Caldwell Field House at Princeton, which makes it damned nice!

[Model Citizen]

It looks like someone could break a window on field goals. xlolx

[Uncle Buck]

Great facility, definitely helps in selling the program. First class all the way

[AndrewFU21]

I'm definitely jealous. How much did these improvements cost, and where did the majority of funding come from?

[LBPop]

After having visited Fisher last season, I said on this Board that it was the best PL facility (and I have been to all of them). But now that seems like faint praise. What an amazing place and best of all, it's right on campus. My congratulations to the school, the program, and whoever helped raise the dough. xthumbsupx

As for that last group, please contact the Georgetown AD at:
www.TheHoyasaintgotscratch.edu (http://www.TheHoyasaintgotscratch.edu). ;)

Thanks.

[already123]

very very nice! congratulations...now Lafayette finally have something goin for them!lol

it is an amazing fieldhouse tho

[Pards Rule]

I'm definitely jealous. How much did these improvements cost, and where did the majority of funding come from?

The stadium renovations came in at $23 million and the Fieldhouse I heard was $2 million for a total of $25 million. Essentially the bulk of the funds came from Jack Bourger, John Fisher (great - they didnt have to rename the place as the original fundraiser in 1926 when it was first built was named Fisher too!) and John Olivo (class of 1984) whose claim to fortune was the inventor of the V-chip.

[already123]

Who created velcro?

[TheCatamount]

That place looks amazing, awesome job.

[Pards Rule]

Who created velcro?

Dr. J??

[DFW HOYA]

Who created velcro?

Wikipedia knows all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velcro#History

[PLLB]

Thats okay Colgate's hockey rink will be touch notch.

[Blue42]

Nothing to complain about there.

Nice to have a sugar dady in the alumni ranks.

[seahawkfan2007]

Does it get any better than that? Perfect!

[asu70]

Great additions!

[Lafalumni29]

Now there is a virtual tour of the interior. I could not get it to work. Oh well

http://goleopards.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/060107aah.html

[carney2]

The stadium renovations came in at $23 million and the Fieldhouse I heard was $2 million for a total of $25 million. Essentially the bulk of the funds came from Jack Bourger, John Fisher (great - they didnt have to rename the place as the original fundraiser in 1926 when it was first built was named Fisher too!) and John Olivo (class of 1984) whose claim to fortune was the inventor of the V-chip.

It's all gotten very hazy, but I think, in the end, they may have approached or even topped $30 million for the whole thing. The original numbers did not, for instance, include the Jumbotron. There were the inevitable overruns, and, rumor has it, the track and field improvements at Metzger which were included in the original numbers got gobbled up by the football facilities and now everything being done for T&F is another add on. Can anyone clarify?

[KiddBrewer]

I hope the Mountaineers can end up with stuff even close to that. Incredible.

[colgate13]

Jeezus that's a beautiful building. Congratulations! The beginning round of an another arms race has begun... :)

Seriously, very first class. Awesome for Lafayette and ultimately the league.

[appfan2008]

truly a beautiful new building... the outside was really nice but i personally enjoyed the pictures of the inside... truly exquisite

[RadMann]

Very nice! As most UD fans know, we should be doing the same thing. Money is not the issue, but the priorities of the board at UD is the hold up in my opinion. My dad went to Lafayette and they have a great football tradition there in Easton. Congrats!

[dgreco]

That is ana amazing stadium, and it looks great for the size... It fits perfectly with what they were doing.