{"id":11812,"date":"2025-10-01T08:58:49","date_gmt":"2025-10-01T12:58:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/?p=11812"},"modified":"2025-10-10T10:26:45","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T14:26:45","slug":"10-million-renovation-at-university-ballpark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/2025\/10\/01\/10-million-renovation-at-university-ballpark\/","title":{"rendered":"$10 Million Renovation at University Ballpark"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J.I. Clements Stadium is scheduled to have a new look in time for the 2026 baseball season. The home of Eagle baseball is in the middle of a $10 million renovation designed to enhance the experience for players, coaches and fans. The new 16,000-square-foot Steverson Family Baseball Facility will house state-of-the-art technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upgrades will include a new locker room, training room, coaches\u2019 offices, pitching alleys, batting cages, a meeting room and a players\u2019 lounge. For Eagles fans, additions feature premium field-level spaces, terrace space, party decks and cabanas down the third baseline. The facility is funded by numerous donors and fundraising efforts are still underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-f56f613f wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29-550x367.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29-550x367.jpg 550w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-29.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georgia Southern Athletics breaks ground on the Severson Family Building at Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium on February 7, 2025 in Statesboro, Georgia. (Photograph by AJ Henderson \/ Georgia Southern Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"366\" src=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2-550x366.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2-550x366.jpg 550w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2-250x167.jpg 250w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2-100x67.jpg 100w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ww2.georgiasouthern.edu\/news\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/Groundbreaking_25BSB_2-7-25_AJH-2.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Georgia Southern Athletics breaks ground on the Severson Family Building at Jack Stallings Field at J.I. Clements Stadium on February 7, 2025 in Statesboro, Georgia. (Photograph by AJ Henderson \/ Georgia Southern Athletics)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.I. Clements Stadium is scheduled to have a new look in time for the 2026 baseball season. The home of Eagle baseball is in the middle of a $10 million renovation designed to enhance the experience for players, coaches and fans. The new 16,000-square-foot Steverson Family Baseball Facility will house state-of-the-art technology. 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