Boston College Visiting Team Guide Field Hockey FACILITY INFORMATION Name: Newton Campus Field Hockey Complex Field Surface: Astroturf Capacity: 1,000 CONTACT INFORMATION Please call the Boston College Athletic Operation s office at (617) 552-2186 if you have any questions or concerns regarding your team s travel to Boston College. HOTEL INFORMATION Newton Marriott Hotel DoubleTree Guest Suites Boston 2345 Commonwealth Avenue 400 Soldiers Field Road Newton, MA 02466 Boston, MA 02134 Telephone: (617) 969-1000 Telephone: (617) 783-0090 Contact: Stephanie Bova www.doubletree.com Direct Line: (617) 938-4348 E-mail: Stephanie.Bova@marriott.com www.newtonmarriott.com Sheraton Newton Hotel Holiday Inn Brookline 320 Washington Street 200 Beacon Street Newton, MA 02458 Brookline, MA 02446 Telephone: (617) 363-3010 Telephone: (617) 277-1200 www.starwood.com Contact: Lynn Miller Direct Line: (617) 598-7637 E-mail: LMiner@fine-hotels.com www.holiday-inn.com/bos-brookline BUS COMPANY Peter Pan Telephone: (800) 343-9999 PARKING Visiting teams competing at the Newton Campus Sports Complex should park their team buses/vans inside the designated lot on the North side of the complex. To access this area, please direct your driver to enter the complex through the Main Entrance by way of Centre Street. (Please see map Newton Campus Team Parking below) Parking at Conte Forum will be arranged through the Boston College Athletic Operation s office. LOCKER ROOM ACCOMODATIONS Boston College s Newton Campus Sports Complex does not have locker room facilities onsite. All locker room facilities are located within the Conte Forum on Main Campus. If your team will need pre-game use of a locker room please plan for an additional 15 to 20 minutes in your travel itinerary. All visiting teams that would like the use of a locker room should contact the Boston College Athletic Operation s office at (617) 552-2628. POST-GAME FOOD Please visit the official Boston College Athletic website (www.bceagles.com) and click the Visiting Team Guide link located on the left-hand side of the page. Preferred vendors and their contact information is provided for your convenience.
DIRECTIONS TO BOSTON COLLEGE NEWTON CAMPUS FIELD HOCKEY COMPLEX From Main Campus Drive west on Commonwealth Avenue for approximately 2.5 miles. Upon reaching Centre Street take a right. Follow Centre Street for approximately ¾ of a mile and turn into the Main Entrance (See A Frame & Map below). Follow the road downhill to the reserved team parking area. From the Massachusetts Turnpike (Heading East) Take Exit 17. Take your first right onto Centre Street and follow for approximately 1 mile. See Map Below. From the Massachusetts Turnpike (Heading West) Take Exit 17. Take the first right onto Centre Street and follow for approximately 1 mile. See map below. From Logan Airport Follow signs to Boston and drive through the William s Tunnel (Toll) Follow signs to the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90). (Toll) Take the Massachusetts Turnpike to Exit 17. Take the first right onto Centre Street and follow for approximately 1 mile. See map below.
DIRECTIONS TO BOSTON COLLEGE MAIN CAMPUS (CONTE FORUM LOCKER ROOMS) From Points North and South: Take Interstate 95 (Route 128) to Exit 24 (Route 30). Proceed east on Route 30, also known as Commonwealth Avenue, and follow for about five miles to Boston College. Enter BC at the second entrance on the right, at St. Ignatius Church, and then turn left down St. Thomas More Drive. Follow St. Thomas More Drive until you reach Beacon Street and go right. Traveling on Beacon Street, take your first right and proceed to the Conte Loop area. From Points West: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) to Exit 17. At the first set of lights off the exit ramp, take a right onto Centre Street. Follow Centre Street to the fourth set of lights, and turn left onto Commonwealth Avenue. Follow Commonwealth Avenue 1-1/2 miles to Boston College. Follow above directions to Conte Forum. From Downtown Boston: Take the Massachusetts Turnpike (Interstate 90) to Exit 17. (Toll) Take the first right onto Centre Street. Follow above directions from Centre Street. From Newton Campus: Take a right onto Centre Street once exiting the Newton College Campus. Follow Centre Street straight ahead for approximately 5-7 minutes. Cross over Commonwealth Avenue, and continue straight ahead. Once you reach Newton Centre make a left hand turn onto Beacon Street. Stay straight on Beacon Street for approximately 7-10 minutes. Make a right into the Boston College Campus (once you see Alumni Stadium and a parking garage). See map below (highlighted route).
BOSTON COLLEGE APPROACH MAP NEWTON CAMPUS TEAM PARKING Visiting Field Hockey Teams need to direct their drivers to park their bus/vans in the designated team parking area located here. Main Entrance Visiting Teams and spectators must enter the Newton Campus Sports Complex here.
CHESTNUT HILL CAMPUS PARKING (For locker room use) Visiting Teams need to direct their bus drivers to park in the Conte Loop parking area when accessing their locker room. This area is located here.