RICHMOND, Virginia -- College and NFL football share some common ground on Richmond’s North Side.Virginia Union University has been given the green light to practice once a week at the Bon Secours Training Center.
The Leigh Street facility opened three years ago as the preseason training camp for the NFL Washington franchise. It’s the latest effort to open the partially city-funded facility to the community for other uses.
VUU is located on Lombardy Street, less than two miles from the Bon Secours facility. Coach Mark James’ Panthers are practicing free of charge at Bon Secours from 6 to 8:30 on Wednesday mornings.
Other practices are held on campus at or around Hovey Field.
“It was a long process,” VUU Athletic Director Joe Taylor said of finalizing a deal. “We went back and forth with many phone calls and we filled out a lot of paperwork. There were a lot of documents to sign.”
PHOTO GALLERY: BON SECOURS WASHINGTON REDSKINS TRAINING CENTER
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