Davidson College Football and Lacrosse Stadium

Situated along the west concourse, the three-story, 54,000-square-foot Game Changers Field House establishes a centralized home base for Davidson’s student-athletes. The facility’s brick and stucco façade blends contemporary and traditional design, while a branded entry tower anchors the complex. The tower features vertical glass panels that fill the interior with natural light and expansive campus views.

The first floor features home team locker rooms, football staff offices, and expanded and enhanced sports performance and sports medicine facilities. The sports performance facility was designed collaboratively with Davidson’s athletics staff, featuring a layout based on a circuit strength and conditioning model. The space includes traditional rack modules—versatile strength training stations equipped with weights and bars for exercises such as squats and presses. It also has an indoor artificial turf area for lateral and speed drills, which help athletes improve agility, quick directional movements, and sprinting performance.

High ceilings and large glass windows flood the weight room with daylight—a dramatic improvement over the college’s former subterranean gym—and reflect Davidson’s holistic approach to student-athlete wellness. A fueling station along the main circulation route into the weight room provides easy access to healthy grab-and-go nutrition between workouts, recovery sessions, and classes.

The second floor connects directly to the horseshoe-shaped concourse and features stadium-focused programs such as ticketing, concessions, and restrooms. Wayfinding and environmental graphics were prioritized to give fans clear indicators for points of entry around the venue. Beyond the concourse, at the north end, the grass berm provides casual lawn seating and serves as an area for future expansion.

The third floor houses a student lounge, press box, and coaches’ office suite, which includes a two-story conference room that doubles as a dramatic recruitment space for prospective student-athletes. Anchoring the level, Gallery 18 is a multipurpose space that can function as two 50-person classrooms, host a full-team film study session, or be transformed into a hospitality suite. On game day, the exterior glazing opens to connect spectators visually and audibly to the field. Throughout Gallery 18, displays honoring Davidson alumni who have made meaningful contributions in public service, industry, and other fields celebrate a diversity of life paths and foster cross-generational connection, enhancing the space’s educational and inspirational impact.