Frank B. Fuhrer Field

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ADDRESS FOR GPS
204 Park Avenue
Meadville, PA 16335

Named after 1906 alum Andrew Wells Robertson, the state-of-the-art Robertson Athletic & Recreation Complex encompasses the home facilities of the baseball, men's and women's cross country, field hockey, football, men's and women’s lacrosse, men’s and women’s soccer, softball, and tennis teams.

Originally known as College Field, the complex was named after Andrew Wells Robertson in 1962 to honor the year he was named Chairman Emeritus of the Allegheny Board of Trustees. Robertson purchased additional acreage along Park Ave. to supplement land originally donated in 1910 by John F. Eberhart (class of 1853). In addition to donating land, Robertson underwrote the cost of developing the athletic field. A beautiful and spacious venue for intercollegiate athletics, Robertson saw that the natural setting was preserved by having shrubbery and trees removed during construction replanted elsewhere on campus.

The hub of the Robertson Athletic Complex is Frank B. Fuhrer Field, home of Gator football, track and field, lacrosse, and soccer. Originally constructed in 1949, the stadium received a major facelift thanks to a major donation by 1948 Allegheny graduate and Hall of Fame member Frank B. Fuhrer. As a part of that facelift, it received a brand new FieldTurf surface, full lighting, renovations and expansion to locker room facilities, and an eight-lane Olympic style track. A new sound system was installed in August 2014, before the field was again resurfaced in July 2015 with the most modern FieldTurf available, measuring approximately 110 yards long by 75 yards wide.

The stadium features bleacher seating on both sides, with a capacity of 3,500, while a spacious, two-story press box offers phone and high speed wireless internet connections adequate for broadcasting and media needs. Two large locker rooms are located underneath the bleacher seating on the press box side, while a connecting building also features a number of full-sized locker rooms, as well a newly-refurbished athletic training room and equipment storage.