Auburn Board of Trustees approves $16.5 million indoor practice facility
MONTGOMERY—The Auburn Board of Trustees this morning approved the immediate construction of a $16.5 million, 92,000-square-foot indoor practice facility that will help the Auburn football team keep up with its SEC counterparts not only on the practice field, but on the recruiting trail as well.
The building’s main attraction is a 100-yard football field, something that has been desired for years. Auburn will become the seventh school in the SEC to acquire a full-sized, indoor practice facility, joining Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, Arkansas, LSU and Kentucky.
Inifinity Architecture of Montgomery will serve as design consultants and Robins and Morton Construction of Birmingham was chosen as the construction manager. The first $10 million for the project will be funded from bond loans through the university, though it’s expected the entire bill will be covered by gifts and charitable donations to the athletic department.
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