Purdue Breaks Ground on Football Complex

April 15, 2016

 

Purdue Athletics will break ground for its new football performance complex the evening of Friday, April 15, at Mollenkopf Athletic Center. The private groundbreaking ceremony is in conjunction with the football program’s annual spring game reunion and can be watched via live stream on the Purdue Athletics Facebook page. Receiving more than $20 million in commitments, the Football Master Plan is part of the “Ever True: The Campaign for Purdue University” project.

Built adjacent to the north end of the Mollenkopf Athletic Center, the three-level structure will become the everyday home of the football program. Totaling 110,000 square feet, the complex will include a locker room, team meeting room, position group meeting rooms, player development room, sports performance training area, sports medicine facility, fueling station and coaches’ offices, as well as a grand entrance lobby to highlight the Boilermakers’ history and tradition.

Designed by Populous, the state-of-the-art football performance complex will significantly enhance the football student-athlete experience. In addition to the first-class amenities, having all facilities located in one building will result in a more efficient use of the student-athletes’ time. Currently, football-related facilities are housed in multiple buildings.

“Purdue’s football performance complex will undoubtedly be one of the best, if not the best training facility, in the country.  It has all of the components and features that define an elite training facility,” said Sherri Privitera, Principal at Populous. “This project is about providing the best platform for Purdue student-athletes to succeed athletically and academically. The renovated facility will provide a new level of efficiency to their daily lives and first-class amenities that they don’t have in their current facilities.”

The football performance complex is slated to open in August of 2017 and will be a $65 million project. No student fees or state support is planned to be used for the project. It will be privately funded by donors, with future media rights distributions targeted to help with the annual debt service. Purdue Athletics is a self-supporting auxiliary enterprise.

Focusing on three overarching priorities — “Place Students First,” “Build on Our Strengths,” and “Champion Research and Innovation” — Purdue’s “Ever True” campaign was announced in October, with a goal of $2.019 billion raised by 2019, the 150th anniversary year of Purdue’s founding and the 50th anniversary year of alumnus Neil Armstrong’s walk on the moon.

 

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