Ground Breaking for New Track & Field Facility on Friday, Oct. 20

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The University of Minnesota and Gopher Athletics will break ground on the new outdoor track & field facility on Friday, Oct. 20, at 11 a.m. CT as the Maroon & Gold celebrate the future home of Gopher men’s and women’s track & field.

The event will be at the northeast corner of the Athletes Village (just east of Siebert Field and Jane Sage Cowles Stadium). Guests are encouraged to park in the 4th Street Ramp. Track & field coaches, student-athletes and University leadership will be on hand to celebrate the new facility.


Facility Features
A nine-lane track - A state-of-the-art surface set with nine lanes and three chutes, providing the flexibility to host major competitions at all levels.

Full field event hosting capabilities - Amenities and space will be available to host all field events on-site. This facility will be capable of hosting all events for a complete track and field competition in one place.

Versatile configuration - The facility’s layout will provide opportunities to run sprints on both the front and backstretches, as well as opportunities to change directions for long jump, triple jump, pole vault and other events to work with the prevailing winds on competition days.

Warm-up and cool down areas – Private spaces beneath the grandstands will provide competitors areas to warm up prior to competing and cool down following their events.

Grandstands with capacity to host major competitions – A combination of permanent and event-based seating will create enough available seats to host many of the state’s and nation’s largest meets
 


When's it scheduled to be finished?

Fall of 2018 is what I was told. Guess it doesn't take much to do some of this and perhaps they already have a jump on this and the "official" ground breaking is Friday even though they have been working on it.
 

Fall of 2018 is what I was told. Guess it doesn't take much to do some of this and perhaps they already have a jump on this and the "official" ground breaking is Friday even though they have been working on it.

https://cppm.umn.edu/track-field-facility

Yep, an August 2018 completion date.

Project: Track & Field Facility
Design: DLR Group
Construction: PCL Construction
Gross Square Footage: 3,740
Project Cost: $12,700,000 * (Includes costs related to Recreation and Wellness Sports Field Complex.)
Construction Start: July 2017
Completion: August 2018
 

https://cppm.umn.edu/track-field-facility

Yep, an August 2018 completion date.

Project: Track & Field Facility
Design: DLR Group
Construction: PCL Construction
Gross Square Footage: 3,740
Project Cost: $12,700,000 * (Includes costs related to Recreation and Wellness Sports Field Complex.)
Construction Start: July 2017
Completion: August 2018

Thanks for the info. Looking forward to it being ready.
 


I would love to see the U bid for a future USTF National championship.
 

One thing is for sure, the U won't be lacking in state of the art athletics facilities once all these construction projects are done.
 

Has the U looked a new site for the Rec Sports soccer/lacrosse field yet?
 

Has the U looked a new site for the Rec Sports soccer/lacrosse field yet?

Yes it's part of the this project.

https://cppm.umn.edu/recreation-and-wellness-sports-field-complex

Twin Cities | East Bank
This project will reconstruct 5,600 sq ft of Recreation and Wellness office and support buildings while salvaging the existing sports dome and, as applicable, the existing mechanical, plumbing and electrical systems. The new location is identified as more accessible to the student body with nearby light rail access, closer proximity to residence halls and available parking. The relocation of the dome and softball field was to accommodate the completion of the Athletes Village with the installation of the new Track and Field Facility.

Design DLR Group
Construction PCL Construction
Gross Square Footage 5,600
Project Cost $19,000,000 * (Includes costs related to the Track & Field Facility.)
Construction Start July 2017
Completion November 2017
 






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