University of Central Florida announces $69.47 million facility development plan
University of Central Florida (UCF) administrators chalked out a comprehensive $69.47 million facility development plan for upgrading the university's athletic facilities.
As reported in Orlando Sentinel, the comprehensive facility development plan will include 13 different projects. Out of these, three projects have secured approval including the $6.5 million Wayne Densch Center for Student Athlete Leadership with projected construction date of December 2013, a $1.4 million open-air club in Bright House Networks Stadium with projected construction date of January 2014, and a $2.5 million baseball club level seating deck and media facility with projected construction date of July 2013.
The student athlete leadership center and baseball stadium expansion will be funded through a line of credit from the university, which is pending approval from the Florida Board of Governors. Final approval for the project is expected to come in July.
The open-air club will be funded through private sources. An engineering study is still pending for the club that is expected to be completed in June 2013.
A two-part plan to expand Bright House Networks Stadium is also included in the plan. The expansion will add a building on to the west-side Roth Tower to accommodate additional suites and club suites, and an upper deck on the east side. Both the sub-projects are expected to be funded privately through fundraising, and are estimated to cost $35 million.
UCF also laid out plans to build an administration center worth $6.5 million next to the new student athlete leadership center, which would be located outside the east side of Bright House; a $15 million, new football operations building on the south end of the stadium; a $750,000 renovation of the current Wayne Densch Sports Center; and a new $4.2 million tennis complex. The tennis complex would include 12 outdoor courts, six covered courts and a clubhouse with locker rooms for the men and women's programs, reports Orlando Sentinel. UCF still needs to raise money for these projects.
