Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU) plans to break ground this month on a $12 million athletic complex that includes baseball, softball and soccer fields, as well as eight tennis courts.
The three fields at the 12.5-acre complex will have synthetic turf surfaces and be home of six of the Roadrunners’ 15 sports. The new complex will be located south of the Colfax Avenue viaduct adjacent to Shoshone Street east of Interstate 25.
“This will continue the physical transformation under way on our campus and is the kind of facility that our students and student-athletes deserve,” says MSU President Stephen Jordan.
In addition to varsity athletics, intramural sports and academic programs, the university will host activities for the surrounding community’s youth.
The complex will be the fourth MSU Denver-owned facility established as part of the university’s master plan. The other facilities include the new Center for Visual Art in Denver’s Art District on Santa Fe and the Student Success Building and Hotel and Hospitality Learning Center along Auraria Parkway on the Auraria Campus.
Under a 2011 memorandum of agreement with the Auraria Higher Education Center, MSU Denver assumed all campus shared costs for the complex and its facilities, giving it full ownership, management, oversight and naming rights.
Donors can pledge to support the complex by visiting
GoMetroState.com and clicking on the facility icon.
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