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Photos: Construction flurry at University of Arizona athletic venues
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Photos: Construction flurry at University of Arizona athletic venues

  • Jul 26, 2018
  • Jul 26, 2018 Updated Feb 13, 2019
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Summer, 2018, is a busy time on the UA campus. Crews are constructing an Indoor Sports Center for the football team and other uses, reconstructing the pool at Hillenbrand Aquatic Center, reconstructing the viewing stands and facilities at Hillenbrand softball stadium, improving locker rooms and meeting rooms inside McKale Center and renovating the Zona Zoo and concourse and bathrooms inside Arizona Stadium.

UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues on the east side of Arizona Stadium on July 26, 2018. Renovations are planned for the ZonaZoo seating, lower east side concourse and gate entry. Work is expected to be completed by the start of the 2018 football season.

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Arizona Stadium renovations

Arizona Stadium renovations

Renderings of the East Phase I renovations to the lower Zona Zoo concourse.

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Arizona Stadium renovations

Arizona Stadium renovations

Renderings of the East Phase I renovations to the lower Zona Zoo concourse.

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UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Dave Heeke, athletic director, stands in the new locker room for women's soccer as he talks to members of the media during a tour inside McKale Center on July 26, 2018.

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UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues on the new indoor sports center on the former site of the Kindall-Sancet Stadium on the campus of the University of Arizona on July 26, 2018. The facility will have a 90-yard field with a 10-yard end zone and a ceiling height of 65 feet.

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Indoor sports center renderings

Indoor sports center renderings

Renderings of the university's upcoming indoor sports center.

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Indoor practice facility

Indoor practice facility

An artist's rendering of the UA's new indoor sports center.

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UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues at the Hillenbrand Stadium on July 26, 2018. The existing stadium seating was removed and will be renovated, including the press box. There will be a new shade structure for the infield and new restroom and concession facilities.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues at the Hillenbrand Stadium on July 26, 2018. The existing stadium seating was removed and will be renovated, including the press box. There will be a new shade structure for the infield and new restroom and concession facilities.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

Hillenbrand Stadium renovations

Hillenbrand Stadium renovations

Renderings of the upcoming renovations to Hillenbrand Stadium.

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Hillenbrand Stadium renovations

Hillenbrand Stadium renovations

Renderings of the upcoming renovations to Hillenbrand Stadium.

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UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues on the Hillenbrand Aquatics Center at the University of Arizona on July 26, 2018. The pool will be expanded from 50-meters to 65-meters and increase the number of short course lanes.The expected completion date is January 2019.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

The women's track and field and cross country teams are receiving a new locker room that is under construction on July 26, 2018.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Suzy Mason, senior associate athletic director for event management and facilities at the University of Arizona, leads a tour of the construction projects in progress within the athletics department on July 26, 2018.

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UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Construction continues on the Hillenbrand Aquatics Center at the University of Arizona on July 26, 2018. The pool will be expanded from 50-meters to 65-meters and increase the number of short course lanes.The expected completion date is January 2019.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

UA Sports Facilities

UA Sports Facilities

Tristian Buzzard, of Mountain Power Electric, installs an outlet inside the remodled men's track and field locker room inside McKale Center on July 26, 2018.

Mamta Popat / Arizona Daily Star

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