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Univ. Of Minnesota Athletics Looks For "Wow Factor" In New $166M Athletes Village

Part of the Univ. of Minnesota's Athletes Village opened this month, and UM wanted a "'wow factor' to capture recruits’ imagination," according to Joe Christensen of the Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE. The main entrance to the village has "nine scoreboard-sized video screens lining the wall, flashing an endless loop" of highlights. The new facilities, which includes five buildings, feature "plenty of Minnesota-inspired charms." But what coaches and players "talk about most is how functional the village is, how efficient it will make them." The new indoor football building is "big enough to swallow the old one whole." The football weight room "measures 16,000 square feet, or about 10,000 more than the old one." Two of the three new buildings are "dedicated to football: the indoor practice field and the football performance center." Combined with the two existing buildings, the Athletes Village "adds 338,000 square feet of new building space to the department." With only eight study rooms in the old academic center, the "new academic center has 34 study rooms." So far, UM has raised about $105M toward this $166M phase of the project, and $120M toward the full $190M Athletes Village project, which "includes a new track that opens this fall" (Minneapolis STAR TRIBUNE, 1/17).

HEAR THE BUZZ: In Atlanta, Ken Sugiura noted Georgia Tech has begun its locker-room renovation, a $4.5M project that will "modernize the space underneath the north stands of Bobby Dodd Stadium." The project is being "funded entirely by a gift from an anonymous donor." Each of the 116 football lockers will have a "ventilation and drying system as well as charging stations for laptops, tablets and phones." The project is "scheduled to be completed before the team opens preseason camp in August" (ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION, 1/17).

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