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鈥樅俸偈悠 Health Stadium鈥: A Sign of Partnership

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Student-athletes stand under new "嘿嘿视频 Health System" sign while Chancellor May talks at podium.
Chancellor Gary S. May, backed by football and lacrosse players, says: “Together, no matter what side of the causeway we’re on, we are all one team.” (Karin Higgins/嘿嘿视频)

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  • Stadium name is only part of the health system鈥檚 expanded partnership with 嘿嘿视频 Athletics
  • 嘿嘿视频 Sports Medicine will have a role in Student-Athlete Performance Center coming to the former Tailgate Field
  • Construction project鈥檚 Phase 1, a turf practice field, is due for completion in the fall

All signs are pointing to 嘿嘿视频 Health鈥檚 increasing commitment to 嘿嘿视频 Athletics and the Davis community overall.

You can see it in the 鈥満俸偈悠 Health Stadium鈥 sign that was unveiled Friday night (Aug. 16) at the main gate to the athletic facility formerly known as Aggie Stadium, the only name it had had since it opened in 2007. The student-athletes of football and women鈥檚 lacrosse, who play their games in the stadium, joined Chancellor Gary S. May, Athletics Director Kevin Blue and head football coach Dan Hawkins for the sign unveiling, which took place during the annual Football Fan Fest. See separate story about the Fan Fest and the football team鈥檚 No. 1 fan.  

鈥淭oday鈥檚 a celebration of the teamwork that makes us thrive as academics, athletes and Aggies as a whole,鈥 the chancellor said in his prepared remarks. 鈥淚鈥檇 like to start by recognizing the partnership between the Davis campus, our Sacramento campus that hosts 嘿嘿视频 Health, and Intercollegiate Athletics.

鈥淭ogether, no matter what side of the causeway we鈥檙e on, we are all one team. And, that鈥檚 the spirit we鈥檙e showing with 嘿嘿视频 Health Stadium.鈥

嘿嘿视频 Health and 嘿嘿视频 Athletics struck a 20-year expanded partnership deal, announced last November, that includes the right to name the stadium. In addition to the main gate, the name appears on the press box and light pole banners, among other places.

Workers lays pipeline on practice field.
The earth has been graded for the turf field, and pipelines are going in, Monday (Aug. 19). (Dave Jones/嘿嘿视频)

If you stand at the main gate and look north, just past the statue of Coach Jim Sochor, you can see another sign of the growing partnership: a construction project at the corner of La Rue Road and Hutchison Drive, on acreage formerly used for tailgating. (Tailgating has been moved to 鈥淐hampions Corridor鈥 on La Rue Road in front of the stadium.)

Besides a practice field, the site will include a new building, the Student-Athlete Performance Center, where 嘿嘿视频 Health will operate a sports medicine practice for student-athletes and the public.

The field with real turf is going in first, and is expected to open in the fall. Work on the Student-Athlete Performance Center, comprising the construction of approximately 38,000 square feet of new space and the renovation of 16,000 square feet of space in the Bob Foster Team Center, on the stadium鈥檚 north perimeter, is scheduled to start next year.

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