Hawai'i

Location

Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, United States

Capacity

15,194

Opened

2015

Time zone

UTC -10:00 Hawaii Standard Time (HST)

The Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex is a sport complex located on the campus of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, which features a three-story building next to an all-purpose track and Clarence T. C. Ching Field. The facility, built in 2015, includes locker rooms and a meeting room for Hawaii beach volleyball, cross country, women's soccer and track and field teams. It is the home venue to the university's football team since 2021. The stadium has seating capacity of 15,194, up from 9,346 in 2021 and 2022, though it has standing room for up to 16,000. History The complex replaced the university's former sports facility, Cooke Field, following a $5 million donation from the foundation established by Hawaii real estate developer Clarence T. C. Ching (1912–1985). This was a record donation for the university's athletics program. This donation was intended to cover half the estimated $10 million cost of the development, due to open in 2013. However, project delays mean the complex ran 60% over budget and did not open until 2015. The remainder of the budget was covered by the university and the state of Hawaii. The delay led to threats from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) to decertify the institution's athletic department, given the lack of women's sports facilities. A key aspect of the new complex was to better serve women's athletics at Manoa, in particular the women's soccer team which previously played on a non-NCAA-compliant field.