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Harrington Athletics Village
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Eddie Pellagrini (Baseball) Diamond
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Pete Frates Center
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Address:Â 2125 Commonwealth Ave., Brighton, Mass. 02135
Dedication Ceremony | Greater Heights
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The Harrington Athletics Village opened its doors in March 2018, giving the Boston College baseball and softball programs new full-time homes on BC’s Brighton Campus after closing out their tenures playing on Commander Shea Field on the Chestnut Hill campus. The facility provides both teams with state-of-the-art, all-season stadiums built to host both ACC and NCAA Championship games. The complex was formally dedicated on April 14, 2018.
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The Harrington Athletics Village is ADA accessible and includes 750 parking spaces, full-service restrooms, concessions, and an athletic training space. Admission is free to all for both Boston College baseball and softball regular-season games.
The complex is equipped with AstroTurf Diamond Series and Musco LED lights allowing for night games. Both facilities feature heated benches and restrooms in each dugout, a large Daktronics scoreboard, video replay capabilities, and expanded press boxes.
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The baseball facility, Eddie Pellagrini Diamond, includes 1,000 seat-back chairs with an expandable capacity of 2,500 for championship events. The outdoor cages can be found beyond the right field wall. While each baseball bullpen offers two turf mounds, a single dirt mound rounds out the Eagle’s pen to assist in preparing for away games on natural fields.
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The softball facility features 300 seat-back chairs with an expandable capacity to 1,000 for tournament play. While the outfield is AstroTurf Diamond Series, the infield and pitcher’s circle features a clay fill. Each bullpen is equipped with retractable batting cages.
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Frates Center | Press Conference | Beam Signing Ceremony |Â Photo Gallery
Phase two of Harrington Athletics Village is set to open at the start of the 2020-21 academic year. It was announced on June 26, 2019 the 31,000 square-foot building would be known as the Pete Frates Center, home to the Boston College baseball and softball programs.
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The building’s namesake is a 2007 graduate who roamed the outfield at old Shea Field, captained the baseball program his senior year, and was diagnosed with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) in March 2012 at the age of 27. He and his family made significant efforts to raise awareness and money in the effort to find a cure for the progressive disease, also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease. While Pete is known for being a friend to all and a man serving others, he is most known for being the inspiration behind the Ice Bucket Challenge that went viral in the summer of 2014.
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The 31,000-square foot building features player lounges and locker rooms for both programs in addition to three umpire locker rooms. The space also includes an equipment room, athletic training room, strength and conditioning space, hitting tunnels/turf field, and hospitality space.
