Excerpt:ASU's board of trustees approved two proposals in recent weeks that call for the construction of a new football complex and a complete overhaul of the team's practice field, including the installation of synthetic turf. The football complex project, which is still in the "early planning stage," will cost the school around $6 million, according to Kippy Tate, ASU's vice president for buildings and grounds, and has an estimated time of completion of 18 months. The new two-story building will be approximately 25,000 square feet and will be located on the north side of Hornet Stadium, where the school's old bus barn currently stands.
Under those current plans, which Tate said are far from being finalized, the bottom floor of the facility will contain the standard facilities for players, including a locker room, trainer's room, meeting areas and an academic center for tutoring of all student-athletes. The second floor will primarily consist of coaches' offices, a lounge and meeting areas. The field project, which will cost the school around $900,000 and is close to entering the bidding stage of the process, should be completed prior to fall drills in August. The new Sprinturf synthetic turf will be identical to the turf in place at Cramton Bowl, where the Hornets play their home games.
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