The state of Florida on Wednesday unveiled new renderings for a highly anticipated stand-alone football facility that will bring the Seminoles in line with the top programs across the country.
While rival Clemson made headlines for its state-of-the-art facility, Miami built its own facility for the first time and Florida revealed plans for a standalone facility, Florida State began to fall further behind. The Seminoles have never had their own stand-alone football facility and share their current space not only with other sports, but also with student classrooms.
The planned 150,000-square-foot facility will feature conference rooms for positions, an upgraded locker room and weight room with cryotherapy, a hyperbaric and high-altitude chamber, a dedicated recruiting lounge and suite, and virtual reality / performance enhancement areas.
In 2018, Florida State and Seminole Boosters unveiled a campaign to raise $ 100 million for a new football facility, scholarship donations, and additional sport-specific projects. The state of Florida recently hit its pledge goal of $ 100 million, raising more than $ 43 million for the football facility, which is privately funded.
Michael Alford, CEO of the new Seminoles Boosters, and coach Mike Norvell made it a priority to finalize plans for the facility as soon as possible.
“The response from our supporters during the Unconquered Campaign shows their commitment to the state of Florida and our athletics program,” athletics director David Coburn said in a statement. “We need these additional facilities to properly meet the needs of our football program and to enable us to expand existing common areas at the Moore Athletic Center and improve our ability to support all of our sports. we will find that these facility improvements have a tremendous impact across the board. ”
The next step in the process is finalizing the project costs before officially breaking new ground.