Petersen Sports Complex
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Pitt baseball's Charles L. Cost Field. Ambrose Urbanic Field, the soccer facility, can be seen just over third base.
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| Former names | Olympic Sports Complex |
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| Location | Robinson Street Extension, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA |
| Coordinates | 40°26′41″N 79°58′00″W / 40.444612°N 79.966535°W |
| Owner | University of Pittsburgh |
| Operator | University of Pittsburgh |
| Capacity |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (soccer): 735 Charles L. Cost Field (baseball): 900 Vartabedian Field (softball): 600 |
| Field size |
Ambrose Urbanic Field (soccer): 76 yards (69 m) wide by 120 yards (110 m) long Charles L. Cost Field (baseball): 300 feet (91 m) base lines, 375 feet (114 m) power alleys, and 405 feet (123 m) center field Vartabedian Field (softball): 200 feet (61 m) symmetrically around the outfield |
| Surface | FieldTurf (baseball/softball: Classic; soccer: Duraspine) |
| Scoreboard | Yes |
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| Broke ground | 2008 |
| Opened | March 16, 2011 |
| Construction cost | $29 million |
| Architect | L. Robert Kimball and Associates |
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University of Pittsburgh (baseball, soccer, softball) |
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The Petersen Sports Complex (PSC) is a 12.32-acre (4.99 ha) multi-sport athletic facility on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It houses Charles L. Cost Field, Vartabedian Field, and Ambrose Urbanic Field, the respective home practice and competition venues of the university's NCAA Division I varsity athletic baseball, softball, and men's and women's soccer teams. Known as the Pittsburgh (Pitt) Panthers, these teams compete in the Atlantic Coast Conference. The complex is located adjacent to the school's Trees Hall and Cost Sports Center near the remainder of the university's other upper campus athletic facilities.
The sports complex was a project that had been in development since the 1999 closure of Pitt Stadium on the university's campus. With the demolition of the stadium, the soccer teams, track & field teams, marching band and many intramural programs of the university lost their homes. The university's baseball and softball teams had long been playing in what had been deemed as inadequate facilities on Trees Field tucked behind the school's indoor Cost Sports Center. In the interim, the soccer teams had moved their home games to off-campus Founders Field in Cheswick.
The complex was built on the former Robinson Court housing project. The land was obtained after five years of sometimes contentious negotiations between the university, a housing developer, and the City of Pittsburgh. The final cost of the 12.3-acre (50,000 m2) site for the university was a total contribution of $7 million in payments and community contributions which doubled the 2005 bid of several developers. The land sale was formally approved and Pitt acquired the parcel in the second half of 2008. Ground was broken on the complex in the fall of that year. The estimated cost of the complex's construction is $29 million. It is named after alumnus John Petersen and his wife Gertrude who donated an undisclosed amount for its construction. The baseball field has been named Charles L. Cost Field, after an alumnus who is also the namesake of the neighboring Cost Sports Center, while the softball field has been named Vartabedian Field and the soccer field has been named Ambrose Urbanic Field. The Petersen Sports Complex hosted its first official athletic contest with a March 16, 2011 baseball game between Pitt and Kent State. Grand opening ceremonies, termed the "First Pitch Event", occurred on April 9, 2011, and featured contests involving all four sports teams that will use the facility.
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