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Sierra Canyon Business Office
VOL 14 / ISSUE 2
New Stadium Development Plan, complete with a 1,600 seat bleacher expansion
Sierra Canyon Fires Up its New Stadium Engine by Robin Park
Beginning this year, various Sierra Canyon athletics teams including football, soccer, and lacrosse will start playing their home games at the newly developed stadium. The sleek and modern 1,600 seat facility will be the hub of a larger development that includes a complete renovation and expansion of the existing field restrooms and locker rooms. According to Mr. Shapiro, the Chief Financial Officer, construction of the new stadium is a difficult project, as the installation of the new bleachers requires the workers to dig deep into the hillside to anchor the entire structure. The addition of a brandnew stadium will not only bring Sierra Canyon athletics further into the media spotlight, but will also serve as the renaissance of school spirit that Sierra Canyon has long been waiting for; an updated home field will help set in motion a new culture of high school sports in the Los Angeles region, specifically for our football team. Since the inception of Sierra Canyon, the Sierra Canyon football team has been unable to play a football game at their home field and was forced to use local stadiums and college campuses, such as Pierce College and Granada Hills Charter High School. Despite the school-wide excitement
surrounding the football team, the impact of the go to more football games if we have home games football fans can be less evident when they are on our own field. That would honestly be amazing” required to travel far to attend football games. said Wesley Ishida (‘23). Although the Athletic Department has implemented The new stadium will reinvigorate school various measures to encourage more SC students to spirit on campus, and specifically, excitement for attend away games, such as renting a bus to transport the football, lacrosse, and soccer teams who use students to and from the fields, there is no denying the field. This enthusiasm will bring both increased the fact that more student competition and funding from ticket presence is warranted at sales. These funds help contribute games. to endeavors far from the athletic High school football This is expansion is honestly fields, including many of Sierra thrives on vibrant and campus improvement so amazing! I can’t wait to go Canyon’s upbeat atmospheres on projects, extracurricular activities, to home games at the new and academic programs. gamedays, but the time and dedication that is The school has made the stadium! required to travel to away right decision in developing its Cameron Leary (‘22) football games have home field to improve student and deterred many Sierra athlete experiences; the investment Canyon students and will immediately be seen on the families from attending field, along with an improved Sierra Canyon football games in the past. “Traveling relationship between students and the Sierra Canyon all that time to go to a football game that can take athletic teams; the new stadium will greatly benefit place hours away from school is simply too much the Sierra Canyon community, but its success will to ask from busy high school students who are be seen most in how it benefits students and athletes overwhelmed with both school, work, and other moving forward. activities,” said Ethan Cho (‘22). “I will definitely
