Groundbreaking for Football Center Set for Nov. 4
The official groundbreaking ceremony for the new University of Arkansas’ football center will take place on Friday, Nov. 4, a day before the Razorbacks homecoming game against the South Carolina Gamecocks at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
The $28 million facility will include a new locker room, team meeting rooms, athletic training room, equipment room, a student-athlete lounge and study area, coaches’ offices, a recruiting reception area and a football museum celebrating the tradition of Razorback football. The football center will be constructed immediately south of Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium adjacent to the Walker Family Training Center. Football practice fields currently at that location will be re-located to the south side of the Walker Family Training Center.
On Thursday, Razorback Athletics announced it had met a $10 million challenge grant issued by the Donald W. Reynolds Foundation and had raised a total of $28.4 million for the construction of a new football center and practice facility. The full project is estimated to cost $35 million.
Additional details on the groundbreaking ceremony will be announced in the coming weeks.
For more information regarding University of Arkansas athletics, please visit ArkansasRazorbacks.com.
Contacts
Kevin Trainor, associate athletic director for public relations
Athletics Department
479-575-6959,
ktrainor@uark.edu
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