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Walter Kunz Stadium
 Facility:     Walter Kunz Stadium
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 Function: Athletic
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 Completed: September, 1985
 Architect: Sasaki, Dawson & DeMay

 
OCCUPANTS
Division of Athletics
 
FUNCTION

This outdoor track and field complex replaced Rotary Field of the South Campus as the official home of the UB football, track, soccer, and field hockey. However, the New University Stadium, built in 1993, has served as the Division of Athletics' main facilities. 
The Walter Kunz Stadium now provides practice facilities for intramuarl activities, clubs, marching band, and team practices.
 
NAMESAKE
 Walter Kunz has been a long time member of the senior administration here at UB. His various roles have included Development, the Athletics Program and the Blue & White Club '05 Fund Drive. He was instrumental in getting the stadium built. "Old" UB Stadium was officially rededicated as Walter Kunz Stadium on April 16, 2005. Walter Kunz, Ed.M., '65, Ph.D. '70, a former UB faculty member and longtime advocate and supporter of the Division of Athletics, made a generous six-figure gift that was fulfilled as part of "The Campaign for UB: Generation to Generation," which helped rehabilitate the stadium and add a new artificial surface. The former home of UB football and track and field teams, the stadium seats 4,000 spectators in permanent bleachers with additional "berm" seating and standing room on the northwest side. It features a new artificial surface encircled by an eight lane, 400-meter running track. The track also features a steeplechase course with a water jump inside removable curbing.
 
Modified February 14, 2006 4:19 PM