The Track at New Balance
Location in Massachusetts | |
Address | 91 Guest Street |
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Location | Boston Massachusetts, 02135 U.S. |
Coordinates | 42°21′23″N 71°08′43″W / 42.356467°N 71.145292°W |
Elevation | 28 feet (10 m) AMSL |
Owner | New Balance[1] |
Operator | the Bowery Group |
Capacity | 5000 |
Construction | |
Broke ground | 2019 |
Opened | 2022 |
Architect | Elkus Manfredi Architects |
The TRACK at New Balance is a 455,000 square foot facility housing a track and field stadium located near Boston Landing station in Boston, Massachusetts.
Construction began in April 2019 and the facility opened in 2022.[2] The facility was designed by architecture firm Elkus Manfredi and was a finalist for the 2023 World Architecture News Awards in the leisure category.[3]
The facility includes a 200 meter hydraulically-banked track and allows space for 5,000 spectators. There's also 24,000 square feet dedicated athletes warming-up, a separate live music entertainment venue for up to 3,500 people, and a 20,000 square foot sports research lab. The track can also be converted to space for basketball and volleyball courts as well as turf fields.[4]
Major competitions hosted
[edit]- NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships: 2024[5]
- New Balance Indoor Grand Prix: 2023–2025
- New Balance Indoor Nationals: 2023–2024
Records set at the facility
[edit]Taken from athletes world athletics profiles.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ New Balance Opens Doors to a World-Class Multi-Sport Facility, The TRACK at New Balance
- ^ Roberts, Sarah (April 19, 2022). "World record shattered at the TRACK at New Balance grand opening". The Suffolk Journal. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "2023 WAN AWARDS ENTRY: THE TRACK AT NEW BALANCE - ELKUS MANFREDI ARCHITECTS". World Architecture News. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ "About us". the TRACK at new balance. Retrieved December 1, 2023.
- ^ UMass Lowell, New Balance team up to host 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships. To be held at the TRACK at New Balance in Brighton The Sun (Lowell)
- ^ "Athletes Search". World Athletics. Retrieved December 1, 2023.