re: Athletic facility on your campus most in need of replacement or improvements?

Not horrible, just bottom of the SEC compared to others I have seen. Rumors are they are building a new baseball stadium on the Black Warrior River on the Bryace Hospital property they just purchased a year or so ago. Would be pretty cool.

Mostly football related facilities needed at VU, which thankfully are already being built or are in the works. Indoor Practice Facility (full 120 yards surrounded by an indoor track is going up and set to be opened in October for use by the football team.

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We have heard very few details but a new weight room/athletic training facility project was part of Franklin's new contract and will be announced after the Board of Trust meets in April.

Additionally, VU has begun the process of creating a renovation project for Dudley Field. An architectural firm has been hired and will present plans to the school's administration this summer to lay out a goal for a complete overhaul of the stadium. Coach Franklin actually had his pre-spring media conference tonight after flying back in from a tour of another upgraded facility somewhere in the country. Plans have been made for tours of 8-10 facilities around the country.

Also, it sounds like the baseball stadium by next year will be adding a jumbotron and new luxury boxes along the 3rd base side of the stadium.

VU has always had the money to do big things just been too conservative/not interested in spending it on athletics.

We're in good shape at SC. But we are going to build a new indoor practice facility that is supposed to be one of the best in the nation when done.

Our academic enrichment center is already second to none ... as are our AD's offices.

Our baseball facility, basketball facility, tennis facility, track, softball (under construction), etc., is second to none.

Just the indoor practice facility, then we're in pretty good shape.

Now, we're going to do some stuff right around the stadium this year that is going to beautify that area a little bit more - just the parking area immediately around the stadium stuff.

I suspect we'll do some glamorizing of the indoor of the stadium soon - but it's plenty nice as it is right now. Maybe work on the visitor's side down on the first level a little bit.

A Mizzou poster said it a little above, but we pretty much need renovations in everything except the basketball arena. Good thing the University has plans in place and is moving forward, rather rapidly, to do that!

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Rumors are they are building a new baseball stadium on the Black Warrior River on the Bryace Hospital property they just purchased a year or so ago. Would be pretty cool.

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That would be pretty cool. I love what the city has done with the River Walk. The Aquatic Center here is pretty bad. Have you ever been in the weight room there? It's like a fitness museum.

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Obviously the Tad Pad.

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Tad Pad leads the entire SEC in needing to be demolished or upgraded. I was last in there in '94 and is was a dump then. I can only imagine now.

SEZ construction started like 6 months ago. Try to keep up.

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Sewell Thomas Stadium (baseball)

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This shitcan needs to be addressed first. It's beyond pitiful.

"IF" Anthony Grant can put a decent/competive basketball team on the court consistantly starting (hopefully next year,) then UA needs to address Coleman.

It looks fine now to me now that they redid the north side. The newer westside is the worst side imo.