MEDIA ADVISORY: San Diego Padres to Join Burbank Elementary Students in Celebrating New Baseball and Soccer Field

 

 

 

 

 

MEDIA ADVISORY

 

 

San Diego Padres to Join Burbank Elementary Students in Celebrating New Baseball and Soccer Field

 

Friday, August 9, 2024 

 

WHAT:         

Joined by the San Diego Padres and San Diego Unified School District representatives, Burbank Elementary students will celebrate the opening of their new synthetic turf soccer and baseball field. 

 

WHEN:        

Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024

11 - 11:45 a.m.  

 

WHERE:      

Burbank Elementary School*

2146 Julian Ave. 

San Diego, CA 92113

 

*See the event location map with the media staging area below.

 

VISUALS:      

11:00 - 11:02 a.m. - Students Sing “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”

11:02 - 11:12 a.m. - Speakers 

11:12 - 11:20 a.m. -  Ribbon-cutting, Photo Opps. 

11:20 - 11:45 a.m. - Students Play Wiffle Ball with Padres, Media 1-1s

 

Drone video and a fact sheet of the completed field can be found here. 

 

SPEAKERS:  

Dr. Lamont Jackson, Superintendent, San Diego Unified 

Richard Barrera, Board of Education Trustee, San Diego Unified 

Mark Loretta, Padres alumni and Special Assistant to the Padres CEO

Xander Bogaerts, Padres Infielder and 4x All-Star

Francisco Solis, Principal, Burbank Elementary School 

Student, Burbank Elementary School 

 

BACKGROUND:

Located along Sampson Street in Barrio Logan, the Burbank Elementary School Artificial Turf Field project includes a new 16,500 sq. ft. synthetic turf playfield with soccer striping and a baseball field with a San Diego Padres logo in the center, portable fencing, a portable backstop, and a remotely operated scoreboard.

 

The new turf field replaces the former basketball and volleyball courts, which were relocated to the center of the campus. The new basketball, volleyball, and tetherball courts include new basketball striping, netting, pipes, and four-square courts.  

 

The project also includes upgrades to existing restrooms and improvements to the accessible path of travel.

 

The field construction is funded by San Diego Unified’s Capital Bond Improvement program. The San Diego Padres contributed to its logo, a Little League-sized baseball diamond, batter’s box, bases, pitcher’s mound, striping, and a large tuff shed for storage.

 

PARKING: 

Media can stage in the parking lot at S. Evans St. Street parking is also available.  

  

 

MEDIA CONTACT: 

Jamie Ries, Information Services Specialist, San Diego Unified, (619) 855-9283, jries@sandi.net.