Ill flame wrote: ↑April 17th, 2020, 11:03 pm
I think the biggest difference between this facility and a lot of top notch p5 facilities is the bells and whistles that aren't really necessary. For example Illinois just opened a new facility this fall that has mini golf, bowling alley, barbershop, game room and NFL alumni locker room.
The actual functional part of this facility is on par with many p5's though from what I've seen.
Agreed - most P5 have more square footage but a lot of that is wasted space in terms of practical player use or incorporate a training table ( that we have but in a separate location ) or a trophy room or Athletic Center combined in the same building. LU appears comfortably snug, but not too small. It really fits like a glove within the stadium and blends in perfect ( something few schools have perfected ).
The Michigan mud room is the most unique and practical use of space where they have players strip down to shorts - shower and head straight through the hot cold walk in pools right off the practice field. Very efficient set up.
( I have watched every single FBS facility tour available on YouTube ) and that was about the only thing I have seen that was unique that LU doesn’t have that directly effects player performance . That plus maybe an indoor incline turf ( but LU has plenty of hills outside players can go run ).
Thanks Jerry and nice work Ian. Keep the train rolling. ( let’s rethink the architect renderings on the West Side - you can do better ).