The University of Florida Board of Trustees has approved the University Athletic Association to go forward while using construction on the new $50 million baseball stadium complex.
The trustees met Friday morning in Emerson Alumni Hall where proposal was unanimously approved. Beyond just the baseball stadium complex, the project includes an $11 million renovation to softball’s Katie Seashole Pressly Stadium plus a $4 million construction of the UAA Maintenance Building. The project still faces the Florida Board of Governors’ approval.
That would grant the UAA a bond to your construction and renovation, which the association would eventually payback.
This project is part of the UAA’s $130 million plan. A brand new $65 million 130,000-square foot football training complex will be built at McKethan Stadium’s current location on Stadium Road. The courses complex should include a locker room, a strength and conditioning area, training room and coaches’ offices. Its construction is required to get started on late 2019 or early 2020 to get carried out by 2021. HOK will design the football facility, while Populous and Walker Architects will design the softball upgrades and baseball park.
The softball stadium renovations will become september which has a goal to try and do prior to when the 2019 season. Its renovations include a wide open concourse, shade structures for fans and an increased seating from 1,431 to about 2,280.
The new baseball stadium complex will be built on 13.63 acres of find UF Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences’ property located on Hull Road inside a space of land beside the current lacrosse and softball complexes, in accordance with the UAA. IFAS will receive $3 million from the association in trade.
“This is a win-win for UF/IFAS, our students, faculty additionally, the university community,” Jack M. Payne, UF senior vp for agriculture and natural resources, said.
Following Board of Governors’ approval, construction with the 10,000-capacity stadium complex will start in September to become completed prior to the 2020 season. The latest complex isn’t going to be in direct sunlight, that’s been a worry while using the current stadium. New additions will include
There will probably be about 400 to 500 parking spots near to the complex, but a shuttle are going to be there for transport fans.
UF Athletic Director Scott Stricklin said this construct will make an impact on all of the program while it seeks to recruit top athletes.
“It’s probably going to be one of the better in america,” he said.
