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BASKETBALL PRACTICE FACILITY
Planned as a 34,500-square-foot four-story structure, Oregon State's "new home for basketball" will be an impressive new practice facility with two regulation basketball courts. The courts will occupy the first and third floors of the building, along with locker rooms, satellite training and medical areas, and service and mechanical spaces. The alternate floors -- second and fourth -- will consist of 2,000-square-foot partial floors containing coach and program staff offices. These spaces run the length of the building and offer panoramic views of the court below. Together, the court and program space create a "home" where the sense of family that is the distinctive edge for every Oregon State team can be fostered. A two-story glass atrium, strikingly illuminated at night, will serve as the main entrance and feature a Basketball Hall of Fame highlighting the greatest achievements and players of Oregon State's past -- and future. A mural stretching to the height of the atrium will celebrate the legacy -- and the terrific student-athletes and coaches -- of Oregon State Beavers basketball. The practice facility will be located in the parking lot located directly behind Gill Coliseum off Ralph Miller Drive and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2013 after the official groundbreaking ceremony was held on June 21, 2012. |
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