The new $19 million Sea Gull Stadium held its grand opening yesterday as Salisbury University students and faculty gathered along with local residents at the 30-thousand square-foot construction site.
The stadium runs the length of Wayne Street and will have around 5-thousand seats with four floors of amenities.
Football Coach Sherman Wood said, “The kids are going to have the opportunity to run out of a brand new stadium. It really hadn’t hit me to be honest with you. I’m just so happy for our student athletes, they’re in awe right now.”
For the teams they will no longer have to share locker rooms at Maggs’s Gymnasium.
Women’s Lacrosse coach Jim Nester said, “We’re just so happy and excited finally able to move in, to take advantage of a great facility. The girls will be able to have a locker room available to them year round. And do their homework in here besides the videotape and the chalk talks. It’s a huge benefit for the whole university.”
The new locker rooms will also natural light from solar tub skylights.
