FNP Article: Hood to open new outdoor athletic facility next year

The Frederick News Post recently published an article about its plans to construct and open new athletic facilities next year. The article even includes a color sketch showing what the athletic fields would look like after construction is completed. Some important blurbs from the article:

Hood president Ronald Volpe said the outdoor facility will include a turf field, bleachers that will seat between 400 and 500, locker rooms and a pressbox.

The entrance will be located off Magnolia Ave. There will be a plaza at the entrance. The fields will be located where the existing fields are.

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Meanwhile, the school still plans to build a new indoor facility, which will be located next to the outdoor field. It would replace the outdated Gambrill Gym.

Originally, Volpe hoped that facility would be all brick like the other buildings on campus. But the cost to build such a facility would be between $25 and $30 million, and he realized the school could not raise that much money.

Instead, they plan to build a facility with only a brick facade. Volpe said it would cost between $12 and $15 million.