Stadium Renovations, Uniform Changes

[Cackalacky]

Thanks Cack, first image I've seen of the reported new complex in the works. Looks pretty damn nice, hopefully they have some forward thinkers on the design team.

It really does look great conceptually.

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

It really does look great conceptually.

Absolutely, it looks fire. I can't wait to see more conceptual shots of the interior. It'll be fun just to tour the practice facilities!

I hate saying it but this is a very necessary step, for the team and for recruiting. Nice things matter, I just don't want anything tacky.

 

[dublinirish]

im pretty meh about the new indoor complex as it's the same design as SCUM's existing one.

Go big or go home

 

[beryirish]

Nana took notice.

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[Veritate Duce Progredi]

im pretty meh about the new indoor complex as it's the same design as SCUM's existing one.

Go big or go home

What don't you like about SCUM's Glick field house? It looks like a nice facility to me. Or you'd prefer the Vatican 2 of practice facilities? Maybe a spaceship styled building?

In all seriousness, what would they need to add/subtract to make it better? Just add more so it "wins" in size/$'s spent?

 

[koonja]

I assume this facility will include a new weightroom? If so that's what I want to see pics of.

 

[dublinirish]

What don't you like about SCUM's Glick field house? It looks like a nice facility to me. Or you'd prefer the Vatican 2 of practice facilities? Maybe a spaceship styled building?

In all seriousness, what would they need to add/subtract to make it better? Just add more so it "wins" in size/$'s spent?

 

[beryirish]

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The University of Notre Dame will begin construction soon on a new facility that will expand the indoor space for three varsity athletics programs, which will, in turn, provide greater access to the Loftus Sports Center for other varsity programs, recreational and club sports, campus events and community activities.

The 111,400-square-foot Irish Indoor Athletics Center has been underwritten by gifts from a number of benefactors. It is scheduled for completion in July 2019.

To be constructed on the site of what is now the western-most field of the Notre Dame football team’s LaBar Practice Complex, the new building will serve as an indoor practice facility for the football and men’s and women’s soccer programs. It may also play host to campus-wide and community events, sports camps, recreational and club sports, pep rallies, game-day hospitality and other programming.

Notre Dame’s only large multi-purpose indoor facility is the Loftus Sports Center, which serves as a practice and/or competition facility for many of the University’s 26 varsity athletics programs, recreational and club sports, the marching band and other activities.

Because of the heavy demand, many activities in Loftus currently are scheduled late at night and in the early morning hours. During the winter months, it is used at least 18 hours a day.

Jack Swarbrick, vice president and James E. Rohr Director of Athletics at Notre Dame, noted that new NCAA policies require colleges and universities to provide practice times for student-athletes that are conducive to a productive academic plan and healthy overall lifestyle.

“Much as we have done with our approach to the Compton Family Ice Arena and the recent additions surrounding the football stadium, our focus when developing athletic facilities is to create uses that extend beyond varsity athletics,” he said. “In this instance, in addition to creating what we believe will be the best indoor football practice facility in the country, we are creating additional recreational, club sport and community opportunities, while also ensuring that the students on our other varsity teams are practicing at times that allow for a more typical student experience.”

More time and better hours in Loftus also will benefit members of the general student body, according to Erin Hoffmann Harding, vice president for student affairs.

“Allowing increased, consistent access to the Loftus Sports Complex,” she said, “will better serve students who compete passionately and successfully in dozens of clubs sports and intramural leagues, and perform in the renowned Band of the Fighting Irish.”

Dedicated in April 1988, the Loftus Sports Complex includes a six-lane track one-fifth of a mile long, a 100-yard artificial turf field, an adjoining strength and conditioning facility, batting cages and spectator seating.

 

[beryirish]

Same story - additional detail.

SOUTH BEND — The urgency was more about practicality than about keeping up with opulence in an escalating football facilities arm race.

And by next July, if everything goes according to schedule, the congestion in Notre Dame’s 30-year-old Loftus Center will be alleviated, and the Irish football team and men’s and women’s soccer teams will have a new indoor facility to call home.

The university made the official announcement Friday, with construction to begin “soon.” And according to the university release, the 111,400-square-foot Irish Indoor Athletics Center has been underwritten by gifts from a number of benefactors.

The demand at the Loftus Center from the university’s 26 sports and other activities means the facility has been used at least 18 hours a day during the winter months. That includes all eight spring football practices so far.

The time share was hardly ideal for the football team and was becoming impossible. In a Tribune story on a day in the life of Notre Dame head football coach Brian Kelly, published last summer, he spoke about the challenges.

Sometimes the Loftus wasn’t available for team runs, for example, so director of football performance Matt Balis worked around that by starting the football team’s lifting rotations as early as 5 a.m.

“And now the NCAA has legislated that we can’t start before 6,” Kelly said. “So we have to have our own building or else just play William & Mary more often, or we’ll be in trouble.”

The new facility will be constructed on the site of what is now the western-most field of three fields that comprise the LaBar Practice Complex, or closest to the Joyce Center.

Per Kelly, on the eastern edge of the new indoor field will be a bank of exit doors, so the team can easily transition out to the two remaining outdoor fields. There will be a large videoboard in the indoor facility.

“Everything to recreate a game-day atmosphere,” Kelly said.

Kelly points out that the new facility will have a peak of 76 feet, so kickoffs and punting can be performed without taking out chunks of the ceiling. The Loftus has a peak of 52 feet.

According to the university release, the new facility may also play host to campus-wide and community events, sports camps, recreational and club sports, pep rallies, game-day hospitality and other functions.

“Much as we have done with our approach to the Compton Family Ice Arena and the recent additions surrounding the football stadium, our focus when developing athletic facilities is to create uses that extend beyond varsity athletics,” Irish athletic director Jack Swarbrick said.

“In this instance, in addition to creating what we believe will be the best indoor football practice facility in the country, we are creating additional recreational, club sport and community opportunities, while also ensuring that the students on our other varsity teams are practicing at times that allow for a more typical student experience.”

Not included in the release were details about imminent changes to the Guglielmino Athletics Complex that Kelly last summer detailed to the Tribune.

The southern edge of it would expand all the way to the street that now runs between it and LaBar. The street itself will close to traffic and become a pedestrian walkway. A walkway bridge tentatively will connect the Gug and the indoor field.

On the second floor in the new addition to the Gug would be kitchen facilities and a dining area for training table. Currently, all the food is wheeled in from across campus. There will also be academic suites, where players can study and get tutoring.

“The first thing that has to go up is the indoor facility,” Kelly says, “so we can train properly, but the nutrition and academic areas are very important too.”

 

[ab2cmiller]

Same story - additional detail.

The last section of the quoted story above talks about the expansion to the Gug. In this 18stripes article from last summer, they talk about the new weight room being in the first floor of that expansion.
https://www.18stripes.com/brian-kelly-day-life-notre-dame-football-2017-practice-field-renovation/

The southern edge of the Gug (Notre Dame’s practice facility) will be expanded all the way to Courtney Lane (not super far but not an inconsequential addition either) turning that road into a pedestrian roadway with a walkway bridge connecting the Gug to the new indoor practice field.

The second floor of the Gug is getting a new kitchen and dining areas for the training table (the food is currently brought in from across campus) in addition to more academic suites for studying and tutoring.

The first floor of the Gug is getting a new locker room and weight room, presumably in the new addition. There will now be a football-only entrance while the current main entrance will be used for the Olympic sports who will have the Loftus Center to themselves now.

 

[Southside Sully]

Have any of you seen what Northwesterns new campus looks like? Keep in mind NU is spending a shitload of money with new buildings etc. My company built the new Kellogg School of Management and it is world class.

Here is an article about the new indoor complex.. It is really gorgeous
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/4/10/17219292/northwestern-new-practice-facility

 

[Veritate Duce Progredi]

Have any of you seen what Northwesterns new campus looks like? Keep in mind NU is spending a shitload of money with new buildings etc. My company built the new Kellogg School of Management and it is world class.

Here is an article about the new indoor complex.. It is really gorgeous
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/4/10/17219292/northwestern-new-practice-facility

Incredible. That will be a beautiful complex when it's completed.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I don't give those nerds from the burbs any real estate in my head

 

[Ndaccountant]

Have any of you seen what Northwesterns new campus looks like? Keep in mind NU is spending a shitload of money with new buildings etc. My company built the new Kellogg School of Management and it is world class.

Here is an article about the new indoor complex.. It is really gorgeous
https://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2018/4/10/17219292/northwestern-new-practice-facility

Criminal use of real estate.

 

[dublinirish]

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[GowerND11]

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It's amazing what Adidas has done as of late. I will say, though, I enjoy the UA gear for ND much more than what Adidas did for ND.

 

[ACamp1900]

What sparked the swing??

 

[dublinirish]

What sparked the swing??

Kanye going all in with the GOP

Haha i guess their casual street wear is hugely successful for them now. Basically the non sports clothes and shoes.

 

[zelezo vlk]

I'm thinking of going old school and switching from exclusively hoodies to OG sweatshirts. This is a big change in my life

 

[BobbyMac]

If the Houston Astros and the Milwaukee Bucks had a baby in the 70's

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[ACamp1900]

Apparently these are Colorado State's new pride unis... these. are. awesome.

 

[Irish#1]

Apparently these are Colorado State's new pride unis... these. are. awesome.

 

[ACamp1900]

You deplorables reject all the beauty in life...

 

[Irish#1]

You deplorables reject all the beauty in life...

I love being deplorable and that looks like a 1950's Japanese Sci-Fi movie costume. Not get off my lawn!

 

[Ndaccountant]

I bet you like these acamp

 

[ACamp1900]

Actually not really... my second college sports love is Kansas and I never really liked those. Give me these:

or these:

Never been a fan of the oversized Jayhawk.

 

[Ndaccountant]

Never been a fan of the oversized Jayhawk.

well f*ck you too acamp

 

[NorthDakota]

Apparently these are Colorado State's new pride unis... these. are. awesome.

FUCKING LIT. Love when places use their states flag(see the ugly Maryland unis). These are dope.

 

[mango4]

Apparently these are Colorado State's new pride unis... these. are. awesome.

Love them. They did wear them last year though.

 

[dublinirish]

OLD NEWSS