Santa Barbara Unified School District to Hold Groundbreaking Ceremony for Peabody Grandstand Replacement.

Santa Barbara Unified School District Board of Education and Superintendent Cary Matsuoka will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony on August 23, 2017 at 10:00 a.m. for the Santa Barbara High School Peabody Grandstand Replacement, Stadium Renovation, and Site Utilities Upgrade Project.

Attendees invited and preliminary program, include: Santa Barbara Unified School District Superintendent Cary Matsuoka and Board of Education; Greg Tebbe, Foundation for Santa Barbara High School; John Becchio, Principal Santa Barbara High School; Anais Jimenez, Associated Student Body President of Santa Barbara High School; local, state, and federal elected officials.

The ceremony will take place on the Santa Barbara High School Peabody Stadium field. Parking is available near the stadium by entering the Santa Barbara High School campus via East Carrillo Street. Those interested in attending are being encouraged to RSVP, an invitation to the event is on the District’s website at www.sbunified.org.

The Santa Barbara High School Peabody Grandstand Replacement, Stadium Renovation, and Site Utilities Upgrade Project design includes:

• Constructing a new 2,300 seat concrete grandstand and press box. This necessary replacement will bring the nearly 100-year-old facility into compliance with current State and regulatory building and accessibility codes.
• Expand the athletic sports field to create a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) regulation, synthetic surface track and artificial turf field to support competitive athletic events and daily physical education activities during school.
• Replace two failing storm drain conduits to allow for continued pass through of municipal storm water systems and to mitigate ponding or flooding within the stadium and surrounding residential areas during storm events.
• Modernize and replace the athletic sound and lighting systems for energy efficiency and to mitigate impacts on areas outside of the stadium.

The Peabody stadium project is expected to be completed by April 2019. Project partners include: Foundation for Santa Barbara High School; Kruger Bensen Ziemer Architects, Inc., Architect; Flowers & Associates, Inc., Civil Engineer; Lundgren Management Corporation, Construction Management; AMG & Associates, Inc., General Contractor; and Knowland Construction Services, Division of State Architect Inspector.

See project updates and photos here.