Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium
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Location
N Campus Dr, Evanston, IL 60208
Description
Home of the Northwestern's Men's/Women's Soccer and Lacrosse
Located within the $3.5 million Leonard B. Thomas Athletic Complex (LBT) that was constructed in 1997, Northwestern's renovated Lakeside Field hosted its first game on September 12, 2007 and hosted its first night contest on November 2, 2007. Lakeside Field is home to Northwestern's men's soccer, women's soccer, and women's lacrosse programs. Located along the shores of scenic Lake Michigan and with a clear view of downtown Chicago in sight, the facility is one of the best of its kind in all of collegiate soccer and certainly one of the most picturesque. Lakeside Field features a new scoreboard, a game operations box, permanent stands for 2,000 fans, and lights for night games. FieldTurf, the company responsible for the playing surface, has informed Northwestern the field has received a FIFA 2-Star Certification -- making it the first field installed by FieldTurf to receive such a distinction.
Renovation
"Northwestern University broke ground on the next phase of its new Lakefront Athletics and Recreation Complex in a ceremony held Saturday, April 25, for Lanny and Sharon Martin Stadium. The renovated soccer/lacrosse field will be named for Northwestern alumnus and trustee J. Landis (Lanny) Martin and his wife, Sharon Martin, in recognition of their generous support of the project. Important donors to Northwestern for more than 30 years, the Martins are co-chairs of We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern and have committed $15 million to support Northwestern’s campaign for athletics and recreation."
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