<a href='http://www.dailyorange.com/news/2005/05/03/Sports/Major.Facility.Upgrades.In.Works.Plenty.More.In.Planning.Stages.For.Su-946558.shtml?mkey=263342' target='_blank'>Major facility upgrades ?</a>
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The recruiting struggle in college athletics has always been a game of one-upsmanship. With that in mind, Syracuse is about to take major steps that would make its sales pitch more enticing.The university is in the process of planning two major facility upgrades, which SU athletic officials hope will not only benefit its current athletes, but also make the school more attractive to prospective recruits.

In November, outgoing Director of Athletics Jake Crouthamel announced plans for an 11,000 square-foot football weight-training facility. Construction for the project, which one official said may cost $3.2 million, is scheduled to begin this spring with completion scheduled for the fall.

SU's other big project will be the laying of new turf on the athletic practice fields adjacent to Manley Field House. Crouthamel said that construction was either to begin this spring or next spring.

"If you're going to ask for a level playing field," Crouthamel said, "you've got to create a level playing field. With facilities being built across the nation, including in the Big East conference, you've got to keep up with that."

That mentality has rendered a competitive atmosphere with each school vying to outdo the other in an effort to woo recruits. "It's an oooh, ahhh, thing," Crouthamel said. ...

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What the article failed to mention is Fieldturf will be installed in the Dome for the WVU game.

Anybody know the lifespan for the dome? If/when they have to renovate that thing I'm concerned it's going to be WAAAAAAYYY beyond costly.

I don't know about 'major' but the new weight room sounds nice.

<a href='http://www.louisville.edu/bigeast2005/' target='_blank'>The REAL Major facility upgrades</a>


interior view of proposed new facility at KFEC.



Aerial view of proposed new facility at KFEC