The University of Georgia Athletic Association has officially unveiled its new $38.5 million softball training facility at Jack Turner Stadium.
The new facility features more than 20,000 square feet of student-athlete development space, including a four-lane batting cage with a full practice turf infield, weight room, locker room, team lounge and nutrition space, video room, an athletic training room, as well as a mud room and equipment room.
"These facility upgrades further enhance the great tradition and success of Georgia Softball," J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Josh Brooks said. "Most importantly, this space will be crucial in nearly every phase of student-athlete development and well-being during their time at Georgia. That has been our top priority throughout this project, and we have accomplished that by creating an area that is unparalleled in collegiate softball." [GeorgiaDogs.com]
Louisiana announced this week a $65M project to renovate the west side of Our Lady of Lourdes Stadium, the most significant project at the Sun Belt Conference school’s stadium since it opened in 1971. When completed in 2025, the stadium’s west side will feature 34 suites, 40 loge boxes, 524 club seats, an indoor club, five new chairback sections in the lower west bowl, and enhanced amenities for all fans with a total capacity of more than 30,000. ACSW and DLR Group Architects designed the project; J.B. Mouton, LLC will serve as the builder. [Sports Business Journal]
San Diego State Athletics unveiled plans to build a state-of-the-art performance center at The Farms Golf Club in nearby Rancho Santa Fe thanks to an anonymous $1.5 million pledge. Two golf simulators will also be housed on the SDSU campus, allowing the Aztec men’s and women’s golf teams the resources necessary to continue to compete on the national level.
The performance center will be located at The Farms Golf Club, the home of San Diego State women’s golf, and will feature indoor hitting bays, team rooms, locker rooms for both men’s and women’s teams, a hospitality station, first-class accommodations and more. An exclusive, year-round, private club dedicated exclusively to golf, The Farms Golf Club is a championship-level course’s challenging design attracts top tournaments and golf legends alike, hosting prestigious events like the Trans-Mississippi Four-Ball Championship, USGA Amateur qualifiers, SCGA championships, NCAA regionals and collegiate invitationals. The course has been named "One of the top 50 clubs in the US with the best players" by Golf Digest and proud members include champion golfers such as Xander Schauffele, Phil Mickelson, Annika Sorenstam, John Schroeder and Liselotte Neumann. [GoAztecs.com]
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