Oklahoma’s Board of Regents to Consider Massive Athletic Facility Upgrades This Week

Joe Castiglione is on the point of splash the money.

Wednesday, the College of Oklahoma Board of Regents launched the agenda for its Might assembly, and loads of cash was earmarked for athletic facility upgrades.

Forward of OU’s transfer to the SEC, Castiglione hasn’t shied away from the truth that the Sooners must enhance their services throughout the entire athletic packages to enter the league on the identical enjoying discipline as a few of their future convention mates. Now, Oklahoma’s athletic director has outlined simply how that cash might be spent.

Whereas there have been present grasp plans to renovate services throughout campus, the agenda outlined a brand new price range for some tasks, in addition to proposing some new facility upgrades.

Gaylord Household-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium has frequently been upgraded over time, and the plans will go additional.

The athletic division has a grasp plan for the entire future renovations and upgrades anticipated to be added to the stadium, and that future projected price range has been set at $300 million. This projection in clouds “extra concourses and seating, handrails, expertise enhancements, sport day operations and press services,” the agenda mentioned, together with the price range to demolish the present press field and construct a brand new one atop the stadium.

Oklahoma is anticipated to interrupt floor on Love’s Discipline for the softball program this summer time, and the whole estimated price for the stadium and enhancements to the softball facility had been listed at $42 million.

L. Dale Mitchell Park will must be renovated in addition to Skip Johnson prepares his baseball program for the soar to the SEC. Upgrades to seating, fan facilities and the group apply services had been outlined to price $30 million per the Board of Regents assembly agenda.

The price range to improve the tennis services was set at $8 million, and $7 million might be put towards bettering and increasing the Charlie Coe Golf Studying Heart.

Jennie Baranczyk and Porter Moser weren’t unnoticed both. The Lloyd Noble Heart is slotted for upgrades as nicely to the then of $6 million.

The huge endeavor of the Bud Wilkinson/Wagner Redevelopment on the Northeast nook of Lindsey and Jenkins streets in Norman was set at $75 million as nicely. Per the agenda, the undertaking will occur in a number of phases, and it’ll enable for the relocation of Pupil Athlete Educational Companies, in addition to including workplace area, Varsity O-Membership services, collaborative studying areas and the potential for a brand new parking construction.

Oklahoma’s Board of Regents are scheduled to satisfy throughout Might 12-13, and the approval of the budgets for the tasks will assist the Sooners equip themselves to compete on the ranges followers have grown accustomed too, regardless of the transfer to the extremely aggressive SEC.

No timeline was given for when development will start on any of the tasks presently.

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