Construction to Begin at Albertus Magnus College’s Celentano Field
Multi-use athletic area will be closed from late May to mid-August
New Haven, Conn., May 20, 2025 – Albertus Magnus College’s Celentano Field is undergoing a complete renovation and expansion, and Phase One of the project will begin in late May and continue through mid-August. Phase One includes replacement of the playing turf field and walking track at 700 Prospect Street in New Haven; the new facility will ensure safety for Albertus students, faculty, and staff, as well as the many members of the College’s neighboring communities who utilize the turf and walking track area.
The enhancement project is part of a $3.1 million grant from the State of Connecticut’s Community Investment Fund (CIF) and is the largest single grant in the College’s almost 100-year history. Phase Two of the project is scheduled to begin in late summer and will include construction of a small restroom building to better serve users of the turf and walking track facilities.
Atlantic Sports out of Canton, Mass., will perform the resurfacing.
About Albertus Magnus College
Albertus Magnus College, founded in 1925, is a coeducational Catholic College in the Dominican tradition. As New England's most diverse Catholic College, Albertus' values- and liberal arts-based education is recognized by external rankings such as US News & World Report, Money Magazine, and The Wall Street Journal/Times Higher Education, and has been named a Top 10 Military Friendly School. For eight consecutive years, graduating classes at Albertus have achieved post-graduate employment and graduate school success at a rate of at least 95%. The College has an enrollment of approximately 1,300 students across its traditional undergraduate, accelerated adult undergraduate, and 12 graduate programs. Proud to enroll a student body where more than half of its students come from minority backgrounds with nearly the same percentage of undergraduates receiving Federal Pell Grants and being first generation college goers, Albertus is known for its innovative curricular offerings, recently launching new Bachelor's degree programs in Nursing, General Health Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies, Public Health, and Supply Chain Management; among its graduate programs is the State of Connecticut's only Master of Arts in Art Therapy and Counseling program. Just two years from its historic 100 th Anniversary Year, the College is implementing its Albertus 2025: Lighting the Way to a Second Century strategic plan, which articulates an inspiring, bold vision to "be a destination liberal arts-based college, distinguished in its interdisciplinary and experiential approach to education, rooted in Dominican values, that prepares students for lifelong civic engagement and success." To learn more, please visit albertus.edu.