Marquette releases early designs for sports research center

[cheebs09]

More importantly, will it allow for a full size football field?

With a Warrior logo at midfield?!?!

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With a Warrior logo at midfield?!?!

and Shaka Smart coaching the football team.

[4everwarriors]

Does anyone know if they're planning on putting in a full size soccer/lacrosse field and a regulation track?  It would be pretty cool if they can.  All the pictures I've seen of the other similar facilities seem to have smaller fields and shortened tracks.

You may wanna ring up T-Cubed and find when we can expect his bread for such, ai na?

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This will help recruiting

[Brewtown Andy]

Does anyone know if they're planning on putting in a full size soccer/lacrosse field and a regulation track?  It would be pretty cool if they can.  All the pictures I've seen of the other similar facilities seem to have smaller fields and shortened tracks.

If you're building an indoor facility for lacrosse, you should probably build a facility they can use to play games in February.

[Sir Lawrence]

Passed by the site of this proposed facility this morning.  Field of weeds.  Does anyone know if this "Milwaukee Bucks to Collaborate with Marquette University on World-Class, Multi-Purpose Sports Medicine and Research Facility" is still in the works?

[4everwarriors]

Got 90 mil to toss in? And knot a Creanbullchit pledge, hey?

[MUfan12]

Passed by the site of this proposed facility this morning.  Field of weeds.  Does anyone know if this "Milwaukee Bucks to Collaborate with Marquette University on World-Class, Multi-Purpose Sports Medicine and Research Facility" is still in the works?

The Bucks collaboration went away when Lovell took 40 million from Aurora. The Bucks built their own with the Medical College over by the new arena. It's spectacular.

[Marcus92]

This planned facility may not have panned out. But it's still good to see a long-term vision for the campus coming together.

When I was in school, I roomed at West Hall which was almost 10 blocks from any other university building. Students actually took a bus to classes. MU has clearly focused on developing a more close-knit community centered around 15-20 core blocks of Avenues West.

[djorling]

Didn't Marquette also purchase the block immediately east of the proposed building? 

[oldwarrior81]

http://www.jsonline.com/story/money/real-estate/commercial/2017/01/20/marquette-hires-mortenson-build-sports-resarch-center/96836556/

Marquette University has selected Mortenson Co. to build its proposed athletic performance research center, in partnership with Aurora Health Care, the university announced Friday.

Mortenson has constructed both athletic and health care facilities, and the project will be led by the company's Milwaukee-area office. The Minneapolis-based firm's work includes serving as the construction management firm for the future Milwaukee Bucks arena.

The university announced a year ago that Aurora will be spending $40 million on the $120 million project, with Marquette raising additional funds. The planned 12-acre development site is bordered mainly by N. 6th, 10th, W. Michigan and W. Clybourn streets.

A construction start date hasn't yet been determined because Marquette is still raising money for the project, said Brian Dorrington, senior director of university communication.

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

You may wanna ring up T-Cubed and find when we can expect his bread for such, ai na?

$100k plus interest? Fin loser!!

[Mr. Sand-Knit]

and Shaka Smart coaching the football team.

#donedeal?

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#donedeal?

That post was 27 months old.

[Herman Cain]

Once the Valley Fields bubble went up it was pretty clear the fieldhouse was not going to happen any time soon.

For $120 million we could easily revive our football program which would be a much better investment.

[wadesworld]

Once the Valley Fields bubble went up it was pretty clear the fieldhouse was not going to happen any time soon.

For $120 million we could easily revive our football program which would be a much better investment.

#LookAtMeScoopTakesLookAtMe!

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

For $120 million we could easily revive our football program which would be a much better investment.

A&M just spent $450 million to renovate its football stadium. Not build. Renovate. You're going to need to jack up your estimate by a ton if you want to restart a football program that anyone will actually care about.

[Newsdreams]

Once the Valley Fields bubble went up it was pretty clear the fieldhouse was not going to happen any time soon.

For $120 million we could easily revive our football program which would be a much better investment.

For $120 million you might get a coaching staff and some crappy practice facilities

[warriorchick]

For $120 million you might get a coaching staff and some crappy practice facilities

Well, MUFINY has already proposed hundreds of millions of dollars in other unfunded proposals for MU, so I guess he is trying to save a little money here.

[forgetful]

For $120 million you might get a coaching staff and some crappy practice facilities

And then lose $30M per year running the football program.

[rocket surgeon]

Go incognito.

  that was not chicos

[jesmu84]

Sorry if I missed a newer thread. Looks like Aurora is out. Article in biz journal behind a paywall. I merely saw the headline

https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2018/05/23/aurora-health-care-marquette-university-part-ways.html

[brewcity77]

Sorry if I missed a newer thread. Looks like Aurora is out. Article in biz journal behind a paywall. I merely saw the headline

https://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/news/2018/05/23/aurora-health-care-marquette-university-part-ways.html

Wow, if that wasn't already the biggest blunder of the new regime, it was just amplified. Announcing Aurora in the first place damaged the relationship with the Bucks, and losing Aurora means that was all for nothing. Not a good look for Lovell and Marquette.

[warriorchick]

The $40 million was part of the deal when they were still talking about the original plan, a 300,000 square foot facility.  Now it's a 46,000 square foot facility.

It could be that they don't need the money to finance this smaller structure, and it looks like they changed the plans in anticipation of losing the deal. Maybe they were still trying to save at least part of it before they made this announcement.

[GGGG]

Yeah I don't have enough information to call it a blunder.