University Of Georgia Football Expands Training Facility, Announces Sanford Stadium Project

The College of Georgia soccer program follows up its 2021-2022 Nationwide Championship season by finishing an enlargement of its coaching facility. On the heels of ending the coaching facility, the varsity did not waste time additionally asserting a $68.5 million enchancment to Sanford Stadium’s south aspect.

With 136,300 sq. ft of latest house and 28,700 sq. ft of renovated house, the Butts-Mehre Heritage Corridor athletic headquarters constructing now has three flooring of what this system calls high-performance coaching experiences.

“The soccer coaching house at Heritage Corridor has been fully remodeled right into a best-in-class coaching facility centered on the success of soccer student-athletes,” says Brian Berg, senior undertaking supervisor for architect HOK. “The power celebrates this system’s wealthy historical past whereas positioning Georgia’s student-athletes for future success on and off the sphere.”

On the discipline stage, the design incorporates a new locker room facility with a central and personal participant’s lounge, gear room, plunge pool and diet bar. A participant hall between the areas connects to the indoor follow discipline and two adjoining outside follow fields. The hall was clad in wooden tones, metallic particulars and large-scale video shows highlighting Georgia alumni who went on to play within the NFL.

“This signature facility will now higher assist the targets of the college and our athletic affiliation, whereas most significantly specializing in the well being and well-being of our pupil athletes,” says J. Reid Parker, Georgia director of athletics.

On the northwest aspect of the sphere stage, a brand new entry incorporates a black and purple trophy show. The player-centric designs additionally embrace a eating house and demonstration kitchen, participant’s lounge with seating, leisure and views of participant improvement areas. These areas embrace a weight room, sports activities drugs facility with hydrotherapy and restoration, an all-team auditorium, crew assembly areas and views onto the indoor discipline.

The double-height weight room incorporates a dual-sided video board and plyometric stair connecting to the sphere stage. Flooring-to-ceiling home windows within the weight room overlook the outside coaching fields, which together with home windows, fill the burden room with pure gentle.

The second-floor homes workplaces, convention rooms, participant assist workplaces, an expanded video suite and cardio mezzanine overlooking the burden room. A multipurpose lounge overlooking the indoor discipline can function an area for entertaining athletes, recruits and their households.

The Sanford Stadium enchancment undertaking will embrace extra width on the south concourse on the 100-level, extra entry gates, restrooms and concessions by the beginning of the soccer season in 2023. Following the 2023 season, Georgia plans to create extra restrooms and suites within the 200- and 300-levels of the south aspect, adopted by a brand new press field within the southwest nook. The present press field will get transformed into premium seating.