Easton company to build $6M stadium in Lehighton

The $6 million stadium will be built here at Lehighton High School. - (Photo / Christopher Holland)

An Easton company is the lead contractor for a $6.3 million multipurpose athletic stadium to be built for Lehighton Area School District.

The 5-4 school board vote awarded CMG of Easton Inc. the general construction contract for $5.2 million, Pagoda Electrical Inc. of Reading the electrical contract for $582,748 and Master Mechanical of McAdoo the mechanical contract for $452,548. The stadium will be built on Indian Lane in Lehighton.

The stadium, to be built next to the administration building, will have an artificial turf playing-surface and will host Lehighton High School football games, now played at the field next to the middle school. Soccer, field hockey and track and field events also will move to the new stadium.

Also planned are a visitor and home grandstand, press box, 62-foot by 260-foot fieldhouse, 42-foot by 74-foot restroom/maintenance building, 119-vehicle paved parking lot and a 100-vehicle grass overflow parking lot. Lighting systems for the field and overflow lot also will be installed.

Lehighton Superintendent Jonathan Cleaver said it would take three to four weeks for CMG to start bringing in equipment for the construction. The football team this fall will continue to play home games by the middle school and is expected to play in the new stadium in 2016.

“That allowed us more flexibility with this project and also may have helped us with bids by giving the contractor more time to finish,” Cleaver said.

Source: LVB.com