DeVos Fieldhouse
Hope College
Holland, Michigan

Seat Count: 4,000
Construction Type: New Construction
Opening: 2004
Construction Cost : $22 Million
Client: Hope College
Architect: Ellerbe Becket, Inc.
AD Scope: Sound Reinforcement, Broadcast
Infrastructure, Coaching Analysis Systems,
Room Acoustics

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Hope College is planning a new fieldhouse to be built at the corner of Eighth Street and Fairbanks Avenue. The college will use the Western Foundry site plus other property it owns in the area to develop the fieldhouse and a park-like setting. The DeVos Fieldhouse will be named for Richard and Helen DeVos, who provided a seed donation for the project.

The Fieldhouse will seat 2,500 in seating blocks with an additional 1,500 plus seated on the floor. Hope College plans to begin construction in 2003, with completion planned for the fall of 2004.

The fieldhouse will be the first on-campus home for the men's basketball team in more than 70 years. Hope has played in the Civic Center since the 1954-55 season. Also scheduled to play in the new arena are Hope's women's basketball and volleyball teams.

The spectator facility is envisioned as an enhancement not only for Hope, but for the Holland community as well. As the city considers ways to re-shape the 1950s-era Civic Center to meet modern needs, the college's center is being eyed as a venue for events ranging from Holland Christian basketball to Tulip Time presentations.