Here’s a look at the University of Alabama’s 10-year, $600 million athletics facilities upgrade plan, unveiled Thursday (subject to approval by UA administration, with timelines and specifics subject to change:
Phase I
(Target date: start after 2019 football season – some parts may begin sooner)
Mal Moore Athletic Facility:
- Renovated football locker room and medical treatment center
- Weight room pushed out 36 feet to maintain square footage
- Renovated lobby
- Two-story sports science center
Bryant-Denny Stadium:
- New, large video board on south side upper deck
- Two new video boards on north end
- Student terrace on south end
- Open-air club seats in concourse area in U1 level; enclosed club space and outdoor seating in U2 level
- Ten Founders Club boxes in current press box area
- New press box on east side
- North field-level club area
- Renovated locker room with recruiting lounge above that, and tunnel that goes directly from Walk of Champions
Men’s and women’s golf facility:
- $5 million upgrade
Rhoads Stadium (softball):
- $3 million upgrade
Phase II
(Target date: start after 2021-22 basketball season)
- Interior bowl gutted to raise floor and create new seating plan
- Wider concourse areas
- Seating 10 feet closer to floor
- Third level of upper-deck seating on north and south sides of floor
- Student seating baseline to baseline on one side of court
- club spaces on floor and concourse levels and premium seating areas
- Upgraded lobby
- New lighting, video boards and ribbon boards
Women’s gymnastics:
- Upgraded practice facility
Women’s basketball:
- Permanent move to Coleman Coliseum completed, including coaching offices and locker room
Bryant-Denny Stadium:
- Club seating area in south end zone
Other facilities:
-
Upgrades for Olympic sports to be determined
Phase III
(Target date: Start in 2025-26)
Bryant-Denny Stadium:
- Lower concourse on west side widened more than 60 feet to Wallace Wade Avenue
- Widened concourse on east side
- Upgraded fan amenities
