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Outdoor Recreation & Family Entertainment
Auburn Lanes AMF
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719 Opelika Rd., Auburn
(334) 887-6573
Leagues and open-lane bowling daily.
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It's
playtime so everyone cut loose! Hang out with
friends, wear some ugly shoes, and clown around
with your family! A place to play games, eat,
drink, and forget about everyday life for a while.
Because having fun here is always the flavor of
the day. We're within striking distance, so come
on in and be sure to ask about our promotional
offers, family value packs, and exciting bowling
clubs. Featuring 10-pin bowling, game room,
cafe, and proshop.
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Auburn Softball Complex
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2560 S. College Street, Auburn, AL 36830
(334) 501-2976
Admission charged for selected events.
Built in
1992 by the City of Auburn, the complex was an
effort to provide citizens within the community
a state-of-the-art recreational facility for softball.
The Auburn Softball Complex staff strives to
ensure that visitors enjoy the finest championship
playing facilities. A strong emphasis is placed
on expert organization and genuine Southern
hospitality. The Auburn Softball Complex has
been recognized as one of the premier complexes
in the nation by USA Softball magazine and has
been awarded the ISA & Alabama ASA Complex
of the Year award numerous times since its
inception. Since its opening in 1993, the Complex
has hosted 18 ASA National Championships and
10 ISA World Championships. In addition to these
events, the complex regularly hosts a number
of local leagues and has been the site for many
districts, sub-states, and state tournaments. The
Complex was also the home of the 1997 and 1998
Auburn University Women's Fast Pitch team
and hosted a number of SEC games. The Complex
boasts a three-story control building that is
surrounded by five fields that feature Bermuda
grass outfields, 300-foot fences, skinned infields
and Hollywood bases. In addition, each field is
equipped with a warning track, championship
lighting and a public address system. All dugouts
are covered and feature phones to the press box.
The control building is complete with restrooms,
full concessions, a conference room, rest area
for umpires, scorekeeper booths, and press box
capabilities.
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Duck Samford Sports Complex
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1720 E. University Dr., Auburn
(334) 501-2930
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Home of the 2005 Dixie Youth World Series! Dixie
Youth regulation-size baseball and softball fields,
control buildings with concessions, press boxes,
restrooms, playgrounds, picnic area, walking
trail and lighted parking lots. The complex also
has a football field with concessions, restrooms,
two soccer/lacrosse fields, and a walking track.
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Westridge Baseball Complex
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Douglas Avenue, Opelika
(334) 705-5559 or 705-5559
Home of the 2005 Dixie Youth World Series! Dixie
Youth regulation-size baseball and softball fields,
control buildings with concessions, press boxes,
restrooms, playgrounds, picnic area, walking
trail and lighted parking lots. The complex also
has a football field with concessions, restrooms,
two soccer/lacrosse fields, and a walking track.
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Sports Academy
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3768 Pepperell Parkway, Midway Plaza, Opelika
334-749-4040
Admission Charge
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Auburn-Opelika's premiere
indoor sports training and conditioning facility,
catering to athletes of all sports, skill levels and
ages. Featuring East Alabama's only indoor
sports facility that offers baseball/softball batting
cages, pitching mounds and a turf practice area.
Private baseball and softball lessons with former
or current college and professional players
or coaches who have more than 25 years of
experience. Cages, mounds and practice area
available for team or personal rentals for baseball,
softball, soccer or flag football. Age-specific
weight training programs designed by certified
athletic trainers and licensed physical therapists
for athletes of all ages and level of activity.
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Auburn Soccer Complex
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2340 Wire Rd, Auburn
334-501-2930
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Six full-sized fields with lighting, one unlit
field, and a paved parking lot with bus access. A
concessions building also provides office space,
meeting space and restroom facilities. A planned
playground will be located near the concession
stand. Phase II of the project will consist of a total
of five fields, four of which are lighted, and Phase
III will include an indoor complex where only
tournament games are played.
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Yarbrough Tennis Complex
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1717 Richland Rd, Auburn
334-501-2930
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The $4.7 million, 4,300-square-foot Yarbrough
Tennis Complex in Auburn includes six indoor
courts, 12 outdoor hard courts, and 16 outdoor
clay courts, one of them a stadium court. The city
of Auburn shares the complex, located on Richland
Road, with Auburn University. Facilities include
locker rooms, a lobby, director's office, a lounge,
and pro shop.
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Calhoun Tennis Center & Pro Shop
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1102 Denson Dr, Opelika
(334) 705-5556 or 749-9146
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Featuring eight hard courts, four Composition
courts, tennis center with pro shop and restrooms.
Pro on site. Private lessons and group clinics
for youth and adults, beginners to advanced are
available. Competitive Junior Tennis programs
for boys and girls ages 10-18 years interested in
playing tournaments are also available.
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Samford Avenue Tennis Center
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857 E. Samford Ave, Auburn
(334) 501-2956
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Six hardcourts, pro on site. Home to USTA
tournaments and championships.
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Chewacla State Park
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124 Shell Toomer Pkwy. Auburn
(334) 887-5621
1-800-ALA-PARK
chewaclastpk@mindspring.com
8am till sunset
Admission: Weekdays $2 for Adults; Weekends $3 for Adults; Children 6 to 11: $1; Senior Citizens 62 years and older: $1
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Chewacla's 696 scenic acres are a delightful
pause from nearby interstate traffic. Tranquil
park facilities include a 26-acre lake, rental boats,
swimming area, playgrounds, hiking trails,
a modern campground and picnic areas with
tables, grills and shelters, and you're bound to fall
in love with their rustic family cabins. Chewacla
State Park is a great place to get away for some
rest and relaxation or the perfect place to stay the
weekend of the big ballgame. You can watch the
sunset on the lake from your cabin and enjoy the
fireplace on a cool fall day.
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Donald E. Davis Arboretum
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Garden Dr. & College St., Auburn
(334) 844-5770
Open Sunrise till Sunset
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Located on the campus of Auburn University, the
arboretum is home to 150 different species of flora
and fauna native to Alabama and the Southeast.
A brochure distinguishes the species for visitors
as they stroll along the walking trails.
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Hickory Dickory Park
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Hickory Lane and North Cedarbrook, Auburn
(334) 501-2930
Open seven days, sunrise to sunset
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12,000 square feet of community-built play space,
picnic areas and restrooms facilities.
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Kiesel Park
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Chadwick Ln., Auburn
(334) 501-2930
Open sunrise to sunset
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Spectacular nature & walking trails encompasses
this 124-acre park. Environmental lab, pavilion
and picnic area, home to the Nunn-Winston House,
one of Auburn's finest examples of antebellum
Greek Revival architecture dating from the 1850s.
Once the residence of the Nunn and Winston
families, the house was moved in 1996 from its
original location on S. Gay Street to Kiesel Park.
Samuel Nunn and his family moved from their
settlement in Tuskegee, Alabama into the house
located on S. Gay Street (at that time the center of
town), after a siege with hostile Indians. Samuel
Nunn was among the first settlers of Auburn and
one of the early trustees of Auburn Male College.
This charming residence was once considered a
social center for many citizens, who visited the
Nunn's to enjoy delightful evenings of dancing
and fellowship. In 1887 Mary Hurt, daughter of
Samuel Nunn, sold the house to Thomas Harris
Winston, a wounded Civil War Veteran, and his
wife Sarah Cathleen Shealy Winston who moved
into town from Cusseta, Alabama. After Thomas'
death in 1903 the home was left to Sarah, who
took in University students as boarders until her
death in 1927. Sarah left this one-story majestic
home to her unmarried daughter, Neva Winston
who continued to board University students.
The house remained in the Winston family until
1980s and was included in the Historic Sites
Inventory of Lee County in 1981.
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Louise Kreher Forest Ecology Preserve
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3100 AL Hwy. 147 N, Auburn
(334) 502-4553
Open seven days, sunrise to sunset
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The Forest Ecology Preserve is a nature
center established as an outreach program
of the Auburn University School of Forestry
and Wildlife Sciences designed to reach out
to all people of every age with a strong focus
on families and children. Besides providing
110 acres with miles of beautiful wooded
hiking trails and other special features, it
also provides regularly scheduled programs
presented by professionals in their field. Field
trip opportunities for school age children are
available by reservation. These programs
include exciting hands-on environmental
education activities that support the Alabama
curriculum course of study. Features include
the Frank Allen Turner Memorial Canopy
– a 150-seat multi-level meeting area with
restrooms, fireplace, wheelchair ramp and
drinking fountain; pavilion and welcome
center/office; 1/8th mile handicap trail; kiosks
providing maps and other information;
more than 15 named trails through various
habitats; Global Positioning System (GPS)
Benchmarks; and permanent orienteering
course. Don't miss the reptile viewing area,
fern viewing area, native azalea area, pond
and streams, waterfall, butterfly garden, and
old home site and barn.
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Town Creek Park
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1150 S. Gay St, Auburn
(334) 501-2930
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The Master Plan developed for this 95-acre
site consists of three phases: the Natural
Phase, the Group-Use Phase, and the Day-
Use Phase. The Natural Phase of the Master
Plan was completed in November 2005 and
consists of nature and bike trails, the original
silo from the dairy farm, a pond, the creek, the
pavilion, a restroom building and a parking
area. The Group-Use Phase of the Master
Plan will contain a large pavilion and the
area will be used for large group events,
reunions, outdoor recreation areas, etc. The
Day-Use Phase of the Master Plan calls for an
open play area or playground, amphitheater,
pavilion, and a restroom building. All phases
of the plan will be connected via trails and
sidewalks.
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Opelika Municipal Park
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(334) 706-5560 or 705-5552
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Rocky Brook Creek meanders through this
beautiful city park making it a perfect picnic
destination. The park contains both a shelter
and a gazebo with picnic tables. Don't miss the
Rocky Brook Rocket, a vintage miniature train
equipped to carry passengers around the park. It
runs seasonally and is also available for private
rental. Newly relocated to the park in 2007, the
Salem-Shotwell Covered Bridge is one of five
existing covered bridges in Alabama built before
1950. Originally built in 1900, the 43-foot bridge
is a Town Lattice truss construction over a single
span. It was destroyed by a fallen tree in 2005
at its original location near Salem. The bridge is
maintained by the Opelika Kiwanis Club and the
City of Opelika.
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Spring Villa Park
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1474 Lee Rd. 148, Opelika
1-334-705-5560 or 1-334-705-5552
No Admission to enter the park,
Admission charge for camping. Reservations for
pavillion required.
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325-acre park
with 24 improved campsites, lodge, spring-fed
swimming pool, and walking trails. Home to
the historic 1850s William Penn Yonge home
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
and the annual Spring Villa Halloween Trail of
Terror.
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Lee County Public Fishing Lake
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Lee Rd. 146, Opelika
1-334-749-1275
Fishing Permit required.
Open Tues-Sat. Feb.-Jun/ and Wed-Sat July-Nov. Sunrise till Sunset
Closed Mondays. Closed December to January.
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130-acre public fishing lake owned and operated by the State of Alabama.
Fishing boats and trolling motors for rent and boat ramps available.
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Saugahatchee Lake
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Saugahatchee Lake Rd., Opelika (P.O. Box 1029,
Opelika 36803).
1-334-705-5500
Tues-Sun Surise till Sunset
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Fishing and boat permits from Opelika City Hall required. 600-acre lake stocked
with all types of freshwater fish.
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Lake Harding
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1-888-472-5253
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Activites: Water activities, boat ramp.
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SurfSide Water Park
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2870 S, College St Auburn
1-334-821-7873
ADMISSION: Admission fee: Senior citizen and group
discounts. Season passes and catering available.
Open May through mid August, Sun-Thurs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fri-Sat 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.; Weekends only mid-August through Labor Day.
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Featuring a 450,000-gallon wave pool, a lazy
river winding its way through the park, four body
flumes, two speed slides, and a 5,000-square-foot
kiddies' area. Covered pavilions, a volleyball
court, two concessions, shower facilities, lockers,
lounge chairs, and a gift shop round out a place
for you to find cool excitement and relief from the
summer sun. Senior citizen and group discounts.
Season passes and catering available.
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Wynnsong 16
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2111 E.University Drive, Auburn
1-334-501-0401
Matinee: $6.75 Adult, $6.25 Child; Evening :
$8.50 Adult, $6.00 Child
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Movie theater featuring 16 screens and tiered
stadium seating, concessions, and an arcade.
Showtimes available via phone or website.
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H&G Horse Quarters
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943 Lee Road 57, Auburn, Alabama 36832
(334) 887-0026
H&G Horse Quarters is an equestrian center located in Auburn, Alabama offering
lessons, boarding, showing, and camp sessions. H&G encompasses 120 acres of fields, rings, barns, and paddocks.
Home to over 50 horses including boarders, lesson horses and ponies in training, there is always something fun
going on! H&G Horse Quarters has recently built an even more professional show facility. The facility may also
be leased for Equestrian Events. The facilities will be complete with 100 Stall Barn, TWO 150X300 Show Rings
with lights and sprinklers, Three Additional Rings with all weather footing, Show Quality Jumps, Wash Areas,
Restrooms, Show Office, Concessions, and Camper Hook Ups.
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Opelika Sportsplex
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1001 Andrews Road, Opelika, AL 36801
(334) 705-5560
The Opelika Sportsplex and Aquatic Center is more than just a gym. In fact,
you might call it a "Life Enhancement Center." The Opelika Sportsplex features splash park, 2 racquetball courts,
indoor aquatics center with heated pool, Jacuzzi, and steam rooms, outdoor walking trail, gymnasium, indoor walking track,
cardio room, weight room, group fitness room, outdoor amphitheater,
soccer complex and more. You'll love the Opelika Sportsplex, where there's something for everybody.
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Auburn University Sports Facilities
Auburn University Club
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Located off Shug Jordan Parkway, just north
of campus, the Auburn University Club at
Yarborough Farms opened in the fall of 1999.
The Auburn University Club features an 18-hole
championship golf course, state-of-the-art
practice facilities, a full-service clubhouse, with
tennis and swimming facilities available as well
as office space for the Auburn University Golf
Coaches and locker rooms for both the men's
and women's golf teams. It is also the site of
the Auburn Tiger Derby Invitational held in
the Fall. Home of the 2006 NCAA Men's Golf
Champions.
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Auburn University Horse Unit
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The Auburn Horse Unit, home of the Auburn
University Equestrian Team, is part of the
department of Animal Sciences in the College
of Agriculture. Located five minutes from
campus on Wire Road, adjacent to the College
of Veterinary Medicine, this spacious 60-acre
facility is conveniently located, making it easily
accessible for fans, students, faculty and staff.
The Horse Unit offers two side-by-side arenas
for Equestrian practices and meets. This allows
both the Western and Hunt Seat teams to ride
simultaneously without interference.
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Auburn University Soccer Complex
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Located on the corner of Samford Avenue & Biggio
Drive, the Auburn University Soccer Complex
has been home to the Auburn University Soccer
program since 1994. The AU Soccer Complex
had an original seating capacity of 600 and was
expanded to seat 1,500 in 1995. The stadium's
natural turf playing surface is 120 yards long
by 75 yards wide. Lights were added in the 2001
Fall Season. In the Spring of 2002, the field was
given a facelift with a new drainage system and
a new sodding of grass. Host of the 2004 SEC &
NCAA Soccer Championships.
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Jane B. Moore Softball Complex
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Located off Biggio Drive, this $2.3 million home
of the Auburn University Softball team held
its first game on April 24, 1998 when Auburn
hosted the University of Georgia. The facility has
a capacity of 1,500 chair-back and bench-back
seats and includes a state-of-the-art press box,
concession stands, public restrooms, first aid
station, umpires locker room and indoor batting
cages. Host of the 2005 NCAA Regional Softball
Tournament.
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Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum
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The home of the Auburn University Basketball
teams and Gymnastics team is located
at the corner of Donahue and Roosevelt.
This facility can seat 10,500 and recently
underwent a $10 million renovation project.
The renovation added baseline seating, a
new playing floor, and coaches' offices in the
upper north end of the Coliseum. Host of the
2005 NCAA Women's National Gymnastics
Championship.
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James E. Martin Aquatic Center
Virtual Tour
The home of the Auburn University
Swimming and Diving teams is located on
Roosevelt Drive directly behind Beard-Eaves-
Memorial Coliseum. The 63,000-squarefoot
facility opened in October 1993. Inside
the facility is an Olympic pool and two
moveable bulkheads that allow for variable
distance competitions and simultaneous
diving. The facility was designed as one of
the premier natatoriums in the nation, which
provides Auburn with the perfect facility for
training and competition. Host of the 2003
SEC Swimming and Diving Championship
and 2003 NCAA Women's Swimming and
Diving National Championships. Home of
the NCAA Men's Swimming and Diving
Champions: 1997, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005,
and 2006. Home of the NCAA Women's
Swimming and Diving Champions: 2002,
2003, 2004, and 2006.
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Jordan-Hare Stadium
Virtual Tour
The home of the Auburn Tigers' football team
has a seating capacity of 87,451. It is located
at the corner of Roosevelt and Donahue. New
locker rooms for both the home and visiting
teams were added for the 2000 season. A new
assembly lounge and "Tiger Walk" entryway
plaza was completed for the 2001 season.
In 2004, the Suite Level was renovated,
including the addition of more suites, club
seating and two sections in the east upper
deck. On football Saturdays in Auburn,
Jordan-Hare Stadium becomes Alabama's
fifth largest city. Home of the 2005, 13-0
Sugar Bowl Champions.
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Samford Stadium at Plainsman Park
Virtual Tour
Located across the street from Beard-Eaves-
Memorial Coliseum, Samford Stadium at
Hitchcock Field at Plainsman Park was recently
named the third-best collegiate facility in the
country by Baseball America. The park offers
the brick backstop of Wrigley Field, the dark
green chair-back seats of Camden Yards, the
Green Monster of Fenway Park, and a 50-foothigh
scoreboard that towers over center field.
Seating capacity at Plainsman Park is 4,096.
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Strength and Rehabilitation Center
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Home of the Auburn Baseball team, the Strength
and Rehabilitation Center opened January of
2004 and is adjacent to Plainsman Park. The
Center is a two-story, 13,274-square-foot facility
that houses a weight room for the baseball
team on the first floor and a rehabilitation
and research center on the second floor. The
rehabilitation and research center is occupied by
Plainsman Park Physical Therapy and Alabama
Sports Medicine Institute. Total cost of the
Strength and Rehabilitation Center was $2.5
million.
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Student Activities Center
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The Auburn volleyball team plays all home
matches in the Student Activities Center,
located off Roosevelt Drive directly behind
Martin Aquatics Center. The complex, opened in
1984, encloses 95,000 square feet of multipleuse,
student oriented facilities. The volleyball
matches are held in the arena, a 2,000-seat
multi-function room.
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Hutsell-Rosen Track
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The home of the Auburn University Track &
Field team, Hutsell-Rosen Track is located
behind the south end of the Soccer Field, off Lem
Morrison Drive. Completed just in time for
the 2006 season, Hustsell-Rosen Track is the
best facility in the SEC. Complete with Beynon
Sports Surface's BSS 2000 track, jumping and
throwing areas, and a meet control booth, it
is the only Class One Facility certified in the
nation on the collegiate level. The grand stand
will seat 300 people.
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The Earlon and Betty McWhorter Center for Women's Athletics
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This 30,908-square-foot practice facility for the
Women's Gymnastics team opened its doors in
January of 2001 and houses offices, locker rooms,
equipment rooms, and a laundry room that
support both the Women's Gymnastics team and
the Women's Softball team.
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Yarbrough Tennis Complex
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The $4.7 million, 4,300-square-foot City of
Auburn/Auburn University Yarbrough Tennis
Complex includes six indoor courts, 12 outdoor
hard courts, and 16 outdoor clay courts, one of
them a stadium court. Located on Richland Road
in Auburn, facilities include locker rooms, a
lobby, director's office, a lounge, and pro shop.
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