Thomas College in Waterville aims to break ground on a state-of-the-art athletic facility later this year, with plans to open by early fall 2022, the private college said.
The facility will be funded in part by the college’s recent Guarantee the Future campaign, which raised a record $30 million. That campaign gained momentum from a $13.5 million Harold Alfond Foundation gift.
Thomas College also raised $662,000 in its annual Day of Giving on Wednesday an incredible feat for a little college like ours, President Laurie Lachance told Mainebiz on Thursday.
The Terriers new athletic center, to be designed by Portland-based SMRT Architects and Engineers, will be an 18,000-square-foot facility overlooking the Bernatchez and Smith fields at the Kennebec Savings Turf Field Complex.
Thomas College announces plans for new athletic center to open in fall 2022
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Thomas College’s new athletic facility will overlook the Bernatchez and Smith Fields at the Kennebec Savings Turf Field Complex.
Rendering courtesy of Thomas College
WATERVILLE When Thomas College athletes take either of the school’s turf fields in the fall of 2022, they will walk through a red, white and black players tunnel, pass underneath a sign that reads “Terrier Pride,” and go through a set of doors that open to an entrance with a small sculpted Terrier.
The new look is part of the college’s new athletic facility, which the college will break ground on later this year with sights on opening in the fall of 2022.