Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex, Tennis stadium in Gainesville, United States
Linder Stadium at Ring Tennis Complex is a tennis facility at the University of Florida featuring six lighted courts arranged with a grandstand for spectators. The complex includes training rooms, locker facilities, and coaching offices to support both competitive matches and daily practice sessions.
Linder Stadium, named for donor R. Scott Linder, was built in 1987 with six lighted courts and a grandstand. In 1999 a $1.7 million renovation created the Alfred Ring Tennis Complex, named for Dr. Alfred A. Ring, adding a pressbox, scoreboards, restrooms, concession stands, nine more courts with three under the Ring Pavilion, and a 3,000-square-foot courtyard.
The complex is named for donor R. Scott Linder, and its expanded courts and pavilion honor Dr. Alfred A. Ring, a university benefactor. The Ring Pavilion, a 7,160-square-foot building, holds training rooms, locker rooms and coaches' offices, and a 3,000-square-foot courtyard sits alongside it.
The complex sits on S.W. Second Avenue on the northern edge of the university campus. The grandstand holds 1,000 spectators, with restrooms and concession stands beneath it. The second row of nine courts lies beyond the original six, three of them under the Ring Pavilion roof.
The 1999 renovation earned the complex a Silver Award for beautification from the city of Gainesville, and in 2001 Athletic Business magazine gave it a Facility of Merit Award. The USTA named it an Outstanding Tennis Facility in 1999.
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