The 'U' has officially selected a well-known master planning firm to sketch out how the school can realistically move forward with athletic facilities in the next 5-15 years.
Athletic Director Norwood Teague said POPULOUS -- a Kansas City-based design and planning firm that has stockpiled an impressive resume both locally and world-wide – was chosen for the job last week.
POPULOUS (formerly HOK Sport) will not necessarily do the specific design for any facilities; rather, it will lay out a loose blueprint of what the 'U' wants to and can feasibly do, and provide precise cost estimates.
Teague has said a basketball practice facility is at the top of the list, along with a new supplemental facility for football, and that it is a "need more than a want." He estimated that the planning phase would take about three months – then Minnesota would hope to move into a design phase with at least some projects.
Other notable projects by POPULOUS:
-Locally, Target Field and TCF Bank Stadium
-Other prominent facilities nation and world-wide, including Yankee Stadium, Wimbledon Centre Court and the Olympic Stadium in London.
Target Field's POPULOUS to create 'U' master facilities plan
The Design and Planning firm that has had great success locally and globally, is going to be working with the 'U' again.
October 2, 2012 at 11:46AM
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