Indoor practice fieldhouse

[Dogma]

After the indoor facility... is there anything left outside of a football stadium...?

GEEZ MAN...

How quickly you forget :

http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=3284

A Quiddich arena!!!

[Costa]

I drove by campus on Sunday, and it appears that they are removing the basketball hoops from the public basketball courts right outside of the Track Stadium, which is where the Indoor Facility is supposed to be built. Anyone have any info as to whether the removal of the hoops are an indication that they are moving along with the Indoor Facility?

Or maybe just that fact that they some of them were missing actual hoops and the court is full of pot holes. Could just be they are repaving and improving the courts.

If that is the case, that would be quite unfortunate. I've been wanting them to get rid of those courts for years. They need to move those courts to somewhere else on campus, closer to the dorms.

Walked by there today. They've resurfaced the entire court and have installed some new goalposts (no backboards yet)

Awful decision to me. Oh well. Thanks for the update.

Man,

A lot of people are jumping the gun on this.

Woolard mentioned that an indoor practice facility is NEXT on the list, he didn't say that they are already or about to start it.

It takes a while to come up with the plans AND THE FUNDS to build a new facility. I think people might be comparing it to the golf building, but that one had a particular donor willing to shell out the $$$ to get it started NOW (perhaps partially to be able see his son using it)

Woolard just mentioned the indoor building being next on April. As Greg Aumen said in his article:

"Such a facility, done the right way, would likely cost in the neighborhood of $14 million, and Woolard and his staff are now challenged with raising the funds to make that happen" That may take a couple of years given our economy (which hurts donor support)

They need to know how much money they will get before they can start planning the building, much less start breaking ground on it. In the mean time, they aren't going to let a particular portion of land, especially one as visible and used, as the basketball courts just get run down. It doesn't cost too much to keep it maintained, given that there's current budgets lines for such issues.

I dont think you understand what I was saying that was disappointing. I'm not disappointed that they have not begun work on the fieldhouse, Im disappointed that they are not moving those public basketball courts. I would like to see them somewhere else on campus other than where they are currently located.

[E.T.]

Per AD, 12-14 Million, next upgrade on schedule. New TV deal will help!

[Mama_Bull]

Per AD, 12-14 Million, next upgrade on schedule. New TV deal will help!

When does construction start?

[Skingraft]

Anything helps at this point

[E.T.]

Per AD, 12-14 Million, next upgrade on schedule. New TV deal will help!

When does construction start?

Not known.

[Mama_Bull]

Per AD, 12-14 Million, next upgrade on schedule. New TV deal will help!

When does construction start?

Not known.

There is a long thread on here with pictures of the proposed USF football indoor practice facility. We already knew that it is on the USF drawing board and what the cost would be.

APRIL 18, 2012

Woolard: Indoor practice fieldhouse next on list

USF is just days away from completing a massive wave of faciliity upgrades with the Sun Dome renovations nearly finished, and USF athletic director Doug Woolard said Tuesday night that the next project on his list is an Indoor practice facility, intended not only for Skip Holtz's football program but for other Bulls athletic teams as well.

[Dogma]

Per AD, 12-14 Million, next upgrade on schedule. New TV deal will help!

For comparison:

UCF's indoor facility was $4.3 million in 2004.

Of special note... average construction costs of 2011 (latest year) are actually LOWER than 2004.

[E.T.]

AD and HC mentioned today ...

[Greg Auman]

My understanding is that the Cowboys' accident has made indoor facilities considerably more expensive, but also a lot safer. And USF would be looking at a structure that would be a fieldhouse -- more than just a hollow building with a field inside. Again, still a lot of details to be worked out and funds to be raised. But it's very much a when, not an if.