Dartmouth’s trustees have approved completion of design development and planning for a new indoor practice facility that would be built adjacent to the Boss Tennis Center.
The building would include a permanent artificial turf field and be constructed in a space that has for a number of years served as a lighted outdoor practice field.
The trustees’ decision, made at their fall meeting on Nov. 6 and 7, allows College planners to complete drawings of the approximately $20 million project, which would address a shortage of indoor training space during inclement weather for football, soccer, lacrosse, baseball, softball, and other sports. The project will be funded through gifts.And . . .
A tentative timeline has the College beginning to seek town of Hanover approval of the building plans in the next few months. According to the timeline, construction would begin in the fall of 2016, with completion of the structure slated for November 2017.
The facility will not be a temporary bubble, but instead of a regular building. It will be the largest permanent indoor turf facility in the Ivy League.
