UofM Board of Trustees Approves Funding Model for Football Practice Facility

August 3, 2017 - In a special called meeting, the University of Memphis Board of Trustees today approved the financial structure for the Tiger football indoor practice facility on the Park Avenue campus. The facility will include a practice field, dining area and football operations office. The Board also approved initial ground and utility preparation work for the football practice facility.

In addition, the Tiger basketball training facility was officially named the Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center. Memphis alumni Bill and Nancy Laurie contributed $10 million to the capital campaign for athletic facilities in 2013.

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