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...Harvard Stadium celebrates its 100-year birthday this November, it may also be receiving a gift. Administrators are considering a plan that would renovate the stadium: adding lights, underground locker rooms and a bubble—a seasonal dome over the sports ground. This innovative proposal addresses the need for vastly more athletic and recreational space at Harvard...
Constructing new facilities underneath the field and seats of the horseshoe stadium would create new space for weight rooms, offices and storage for varsity athletics. Moving these amenities across the river would more centrally locate the teams and free space in the Malkin Athletic Center (MAC). Rooms in the MAC would then be available for student use—placating demand for more exercise equipment and general student space—until the broader renovations of the MAC take place in the next few years...
Care in selection of the material used in the stadium is essential. Astroturf has been proved to be a dangerous playing surface, causing a greater number of injuries for players than real grass. The newly designed Fieldturf, a synthetic that models the mobility of real grass, has been laid in many professional and college stadiums—for the sake of year-round use, it is an appropriately safe grass-alternative. But while the weather holds up during the season, real grass provides an authenticity that no fiber can match...
Similarly, a hardwood floor could also cover the grass when football is out of season—setting the stage for concerts and large events to be held in the horseshoe. The stadium has a large enough capacity to attract big-name entertainers and generate sufficient revenue to afford them. The field once showcased numerous and various cultural events—including the Boston Symphony Orchestra, a 1906 production of Aeschylus’ “Agamemnon” put on by the Classics Department with real horses and chariots, and Janis Joplin’s last live performance...
...unclear where the money for the stadium revamping and MAC renovation will come from, but Dingman said much will depend on the whims of athletic donors...