New Practice Facility in the Works for Nebraska

 

On the shoulders of the recent $10 million gift from Tom and Mary Hendricks to the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, the school has recently announced that a new practice facility for Men’s and Women’s Basketball, Gymnastics, and Wrestling is now in the works. The new facility, which will provide a convenient and less impacted practice area for each of the teams, is officially called the Devaney Center Improvements Project. In addition to the practice facility, the project will also include repairs to the Bob Devaney Sports Center, updates to the coaching offices, and improvements to the athletic medicine department that is housed in the building.

Mr. Hendricks is a co-founder and Executive Vice President of Tenaska, Inc, a power and energy marketer out of Omaha, Nebraska and a graduate of Nebraska. The $10 million gift is just a part of the estimated $17 million that will be raised in order to complete the renovation, which is scheduled to begin in August of 2010. The completion of the practice facility would be the third on the Nebraska campus. Cook Pavilion, at a cost of nearly $3 million dollars, is an indoor practice facility for the Husker football program and opened in 1989. Hawks Championship Center ($50 million, 2006) is available to all Husker teams and includes a full football field, batting cages, a sand volleyball court, and practice space for countless other teams.

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