CAPITAL PROJECTS PAULEY PAVILION RENOVATION SPAULDING FIELD UCLA’s legendary Pauley Pavilion began its first-class expansion and renovation in March 2010 The Bruins’ home football practice facility with the goal of improving the building not only as a basketball arena, but also as a multi-purpose underwent an extensive renovation during facility. UCLA publicly announced the “Campaign of Champions” in May 2009, detailing a plan the summer of 2012. Located south of Pauley for the transformation of the historic arena to be complete by Fall of 2012. Over the course of Pavilion, the facility features one synthetic the 2011-12 academic year, the building remained closed to construction as several of UCLA’s field and one natural turf field. athletic teams competed either off campus or at adjacent venues on campus. Highlights of Pauley Pavilion’s renovation and expansion • New seating bowl with new aisles and steps with safety handrails (new seats, seating sections, entry points) • Retractable seating system on the lower level includes individual padded seats instead of benches • Renovated bowl includes a new floor system and over 1,000 additional seats, bringing capacity close to 14,000 • New center-hung HD video board and LED ribbon board that encircles the arena’s interior • Facility will feature more than 25 additional points of sale for concessions, increased number of restrooms • North side will include large locker rooms with player lounges for the men’s and women’s basketball teams • Other features for student-athletes include film room, sports medicine rooms, weight room, equipment room • Pavilion Club on the mezzanine of the same structure will serve the campus for numerous special events • The exterior will feature a new marketplace on the south side and a park on the east • In addition, the building’s exterior will feature an expanded Bruin Walk to the north creating the new “front door” • North side of the pavilion will feature a grand lobby
Key renovations at Spaulding Field The Bruins’ entire practice facility had its previous fields replaced. The sub-surfaces at Spaulding Field were re-graded, prepped with new drainage systems and protected with heavy waterproof lining material and a drainage mat. New sand and rubber material-filled AstroTurf synthetic surface rings the entire facility and provides a full-width practice field on the south side. The northern field is a newly-sodded natural turf field that features the same grass type used at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. UCLA’s football team spent the first two weeks of fall camp in August practicing at Cal State San Bernardino while the team’s practice facility underwent renovations. The Bruins returned to Spaulding Field on Saturday, Aug. 18, with players The image above depicts what Pauley Pavilion will look like from the north side upon completion, prior to giving rave reviews about the new field surfaces. the UCLA men’s basketball team’s first game against Indiana State on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012.
Renovated concourse (Jan. 10, 2012) Exterior of south side (Feb. 9, 2012) Men’s basketball locker room (June 2, 2012)
Arena bowl (June 6, 2012) Seat installation (Aug. 10, 2012) Floor installation (Aug. 22, 2012)
2011-12 UCLA Intercollegiate Athletics Annual Report 14 CAPITAL PROJECTS ROSE BOWL RENOVATION The historic Rose Bowl in Pasadena has served as UCLA’s home football stadium since the 1982 season. The Rose Bowl is undergoing a phased renovation process with the project finishing its second year of a sequenced construction plan. The stadium began undergoing the extensive, multi- year renovation in 2011 with final completion expected prior to the 2013 football season. Year-by-year breakdown of ongoing construction at the Rose Bowl • Year 1 (2011): Upgraded site utilities, enlarged four south tunnels Stadium’s north video board, east scoreboard and south scoreboard were installed • Year 2 (2012): Entire press box was gutted in the offsesason Press box’s center and south sections were rebuilt and outfitted for the 2012 football season • Year 3 (2013): North section of press box to be completed Field wall to be restored to its original configuration Press box, level D under construction New patron access way will be built in tunnels 23A and 28A Concourse perimeter to be enlarged around the stadium Stadium’s concourse to feature new gate entry structures, restrooms and concessions
Rose Bowl tunnels have been widened
The entire press box and adjacent luxury suites were gutted after the 2011 college football season, with South press box construction at tunnel 22 the press box’s center and south sections rebuilt by Sept. 2012 (photo from July 9, 2012).
WOODEN CENTER IMPROVEMENTS BASEBALL ADDS MORE SEATS Yates Gymnasium UCLA completed installation of 580 chairback seats A new gymnastics team facility featuring a locker at Jackie Robinson Stadium prior to the 2012 season. room with oak wood lockers, restrooms, showers, a The renovation project brought the total number of training room, student lounge and conference room chairback seats to 1,525. The facility holds as many is being constructed on the second floor of the John as 1,820 fans with the inclusion of bleacher seating Wooden Center. The 1,800-square foot facility on the third base side. will overlook the gymnasium floor with completion anticipated by early 2013. The baseball program installed 36 new lockers and added state-of-the-art, interior artificial turf in the Collins Court team’s clubhouse. This venue served as home to UCLA’s women’s UCLA’s additional seating came in handy as the Bruins Press box construction basketball, gymnastics and both volleyball teams hosted NCAA Regional action for the third consecutive in 2011-12. The facility was upgraded with a new year. In addition, the team hosted the NCAA Los lighting system, and a full event production video Angeles Super Regional for the second time in three system that featured a 12-foot by 18-foot LED video seasons, advancing to the College World Series. board with a video camera and event replay system.
Rose Bowl renovation, view from 50-yard line
Gymnastics facility under construction on campus Seat construction from first base side
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