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City engineers outline $14 million Rossler Park stadium tied to Institute of Technology; Roosevelt Field restoration discussed as later project
Summary
Engineering staff described a nearly $14 million, state-aid eligible stadium project at Rossler Park behind the Institute of Technology, plus a separate, unfunded Roosevelt Field restoration that would include lights, turf and a track.
City engineers presented plans for a stadium at Rossler Park linked to the Institute of Technology and outlined a separate, longer-term proposal to restore Roosevelt Field.
Mary Robinson, city engineer, and Tom Farrar from the City School District described a funded project — roughly $14 million currently with the State Education Department (SED) for approval — that would add a 2,500-seat stadium behind the Institute of Technology, team rooms, restrooms, a small concession area, a playground open to the public, and a fitness trail outside the fenced stadium. Robinson said the parks department would be an operating tenant and that the city expects SED approval imminently; if approved, bidding could occur in the fall with construction likely starting in late winter and a projected 9–12 month construction period aimed at completing the project in 2027.
Robinson said the stadium design is largely eligible for state building aid because the project is tied to the school; she also described the design team (SEI from Rochester and Appel Osborn, a local landscape architecture firm) and noted that detailed bidding would follow SED approval. The playground, she said, will remain publicly accessible outside the stadium fencing.
Robinson also described an unfunded Roosevelt Field restoration concept that would replace the facility with an all‑turf field, lights, expanded bleachers, team rooms and a 6‑lane track; that project is not funded and would need future aid or local funding.
Councilors asked about parking and how the fields would be scheduled and whether both fields would be lighted; engineers said school parking and nearby church arrangements would be used for events and confirmed both fields are intended to have lights. No formal votes were recorded in the transcript excerpt.
