page_title: Williams Ephs
section_title: Weston Field
hierarchical_section_title: Williams Ephs / Facilities / Weston Field
caption_attribution_description: English: An artificial turf playing field completed in September 2014
context_page_description: The Williams Ephs are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of Williams College in Williamstown, Massachusetts.
  The school sponsors 32 varsity sports, most of which compete in the Division III New England Small College Athletic Conference. The school's men's and women's ski teams and men's and women's squash teams compete in Division I. The Ephs' nickname is a shortened form of the name of Ephraim Williams, the college's founder. The Ephs' mascot is a purple cow, and their colors are purple and gold. The school's athletic director is Lisa Melendy.
  Williams, along with fellow NESCAC members Amherst and Wesleyan, is part of the Little Three rivalry, one of the oldest continually contested rivalries in college athletics. It dates to 1899, when the three schools formed the Triangular League for athletic competitions. Today, the majority of the three schools' sports contest the Little Three championship, in which the school with the best record in games among the three is awarded the Little Three title for its sport.
context_section_description: Weston Field is the home of Williams's football team. The field hosted its first football game in November 1883. It has a seated capacity of 10,000 spectators, with additional standing room. In November 1989, the Division III New England football single-game attendance record was set at Weston, when 13,671 spectators attended Williams's 17–14 victory over Amherst. In 2007, the field hosted College GameDay.
  The field has undergone several renovations since its opening. In 1953, a press box was added and later upgraded in 1984. The field's bleacher seating areas have been renovated in 1972, 1984, and 1995. An electronic scoreboard was added in 1969. A play clock was installed in 1998. In 2008, the field was scheduled to undergo $17.6 million renovations, in which the playing surface would be reoriented and the locker rooms, training areas, seating areas, and parking lots improved, but those renovations were indefinitely postponed due to the onset of the financial crisis.  In October 2012, however, a new, $22 million renovation plan for the field was announced, and was completed in time for the 2014 season. The completed Weston Field Athletic Complex allows year round athletic activity for several sports
caption: The Farley-Lamb playing field was completed in September 2014
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