Northwestern Breaking Ground on Huge Facility Addition

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Northwestern University will break ground on the next step in its new Lakefront Athletics and Recreation Complex on Northwestern's Evanston campus at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. Construction will begin immediately. In support of the project, Northwestern Athletics and Recreation recently received a new leadership gift of $23 million from University trustees Kimberly K. Querrey and Louis A. Simpson as part of We Will. The Campaign for Northwestern.

The Lakefront Athletics and Recreation Complex will include a fieldhouse that will provide a large, indoor multipurpose facility for football practice as well as Olympic sports team practices and competitions, recreational activities and non-sporting events. It will be named Ryan Fieldhouse in honor of the generosity of alumni Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan. The playing surface within Ryan Fieldhouse will be named Wilson Field in honor of a $15 million gift from alumni Stephen R. and Susan K. Wilson.

The complex also will include the Walter Athletics Center, a state-of-the-art facility that will house academic support services for more than 500 student-athletes, a nutrition center and dining facility, a sports performance center, and office space for coaches and administrators. The building is being named in recognition of a $40 million gift from alumni Mark and Kimbra Walter.
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The house that Fitz built. This is the next step in building that program. Good for them. We need to raise the Big Ten's football profile.

 
Their current everything is crap. This looks awesome, but anything would have been a big improvement for their campus.

 
This is completely separate from their football stadium right? I would have done something with the stadium first. Might be a more ambitious task than they are prepared for though.

 
Don't let that picture fool you, while it was sunny it was butt cold in Chicago today.

On a related note, I accidentally kicked a bunch of soccer balls into the construction of that place last year during intramurals.

 
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