Cameron Stadium

Located one mile from campus. It is the host of W&J's home football games, men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, and field hockey, and intramural activities.

The main playing surface is Matrix turf, installed by Hellas Construction in 2009. The eight-lane, all-weather track was resurfaced in 2003.{{cite web| title =Cameron Stadium| publisher =Washington & Jefferson College| url =http://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=648&menu_id=163&crumb=200&id=449| url-status =dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20100529033540/https://www.washjeff.edu/content.aspx?section=648&menu_id=163&crumb=200&id=449| archive-date =2010-05-29}}

The stadium is home to the Towler Hall, located next to the field house, which is the home to the W&J Athletic Hall of Fame. Plaques featuring the names of each individual that has been inducted into the Hall of Fame hang on the wall. Towler Hall also has a large banquet room with capacity for 135–150 people.

The adjacent Eaton/Gentile Room contains athletic memorability from the college's past.

Athletic training rooms are located under the home bleachers. The training rooms are equipped with electric stimulation machines, ultrasound unit, a paraffin wax machine, and a large whirlpool.

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In 1885, the college purchased the old Washington Fairgrounds, an 8-acre field in the south side of town, for athletic purposes.{{Cite web|title=Presidents Football 2009 |work=2009 Football Guide |publisher=Washington & Jefferson College |year=2009 |url=http://www.washjeff.edu/Athletics/Football/2009guide.pdf |access-date=2010-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100602195502/http://www.washjeff.edu/Athletics/Football/2009guide.pdf |archive-date=2010-06-02 |url-status=dead }} In order to finance the purchase of the property the college erected an oil well on the grounds.{{cite book| last = E. Lee| first = North| title = Battling the Indians, Panthers, and Nittany Lions: The Story of Washington & Jefferson College's First Century of Football, 1890-1990| chapter=Chapter 2: A New College Football Team|publisher = Daring Books| year = 1991| pages = 25–36| oclc = 24174022| isbn = 978-1-878302-03-8}} Students exercised in a makeshift facility under the grandstand in the years before the Old Gym was constructed in 1893.{{cite web| title = Old Gym| work = U. Grant Miller Library Digital Archives| publisher = Washington & Jefferson College| url = http://washjeff.cdmhost.com/cdm4/build_oldgym.php| access-date = 2009-12-28| archive-date = 2009-08-16| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090816192347/http://washjeff.cdmhost.com/cdm4/build_oldgym.php| url-status = dead}} The field was known as College Park until being renamed College Field in 1920.{{cite news|last=Sacco|first=John E.|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|date=April 25, 1999|title=A $2.5 million gift helps W&J rebuild College Field in style|page=W-11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/171051287/|via=Newspapers.com}}

The college's 1968 campus master plan called for the construction of a new football stadium on Wade Avenue, which would have been within the East Washington Historic District.{{Cite news | last = Taylor| first = Davison|author2=Patti Murphy| title = W&J'S Building Plans Putting Residents on Guard| newspaper = The Pittsburgh Press| date = March 31, 1991}}

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In 1990, the locker facilities received $500,000 worth of renovations and improvements.

In 1999, the stadium was renovated and expanded through a $2.5 million donation from the Cameron family, best known as the owners of Cameron Coca-Cola. The renovations included the installation of a new FieldTurf playing surface, the construction of an eight-lane outdoor track, the construction of improved visitor bleachers, and the installation of a new scoreboard. The next year, the college completed phase two of the renovation in 2000 saw the construction of expanded locker rooms, a new women's locker room, luxury suites, two new concession stands, three new ticket booths, and additional seating for 1,000 spectators. A state-of-the-art press box was constructed, along with hardware necessary for television and radio broadcasts. That same year, the college completed the Washington & Jefferson Athletic Hall of Fame, contained in the Eaton/Gentile Hall of Fame Room at Towler Hall. In 2001, the stadium was renamed Cameron Stadium.

Three years later, the locker room and training facilities located under the bleachers were renovated and the track was resurfaced and repainted. In 2008, the playing surface was replaced with RealGrass artificial turf, including multi-colored end zones and a new W&J College logo at the 50-yard line.

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