Construction of Claremont McKenna College’s Roberts Campus Sports Bowl, the large athletics complex taking shape on the former quarry site east of Claremont Boulevard, is continuing.

Workers prepare to pour the concrete deck for a spectator and support structure next to the track at CMC’s Sports Bowl, east of Claremont Boulevard. Courier photo/Peter Weinberger

Phase One of the project, expected to open in the fall, encompasses 35 acres along the southern portion of the 74-acre site. It will include baseball and softball fields, a track and field competition venue, a football/lacrosse field, golf practice facilities, running paths, bleachers, lighting, support buildings, locker rooms, meeting and sports medicine space, a partially subterranean parking structure, and a 20-foot-wide pedestrian tunnel under Claremont Boulevard known as the Arcade that will connect the Sports Bowl to CMC’s main campus near the Robert Day Sciences Center.

The Sports Bowl is part of CMC’s broader Roberts Campus expansion, made possible in part by a $140 million gift from CMC trustee and alumnus George Roberts. The project straddles Claremont and Upland, with about 30 acres in Claremont and 44 acres in Upland.

Phase Two of the project is expected to include soccer and practice fields, though CMC has not announced a timetable.

Courier photos/Peter Weinberger