New University of Utah Basketball Practice Facility

     A new “Basketball Training and Sport Performance Center” will be built on the University of Utah campus for the men’s and women's basketball teams, coaches, and helping staff. It will be a three story building, costing $36 million dollars. The estimated date for the facility to be finished is August of 2015. The building will include two gyms (one for each gender), brand new locker rooms, film rooms, saunas, lounge rooms, hall of fame, pool tables, and more.

     “This is a major basketball facility that will give us everything we need to be successful. It’s fantastic,” says Utah Athletics Director, Chris Hill. The two gyms will have many different hoops for the players to shoot at, with easy access to the locker rooms. Each player will have their own locker with shelves, and hooks for jerseys. Saunas will be in the locker room, and a weight room and a training room near the gyms and lockers.

     “It’s not a facility that’s gonna keep us up with the Pac-12… I truly believe, and when you see the pictures and you see the finished product, it’s going to set the bar for the Pac-12,” said the Men’s Basketball Head Coach, Larry Krystkowiak. The film room will contain rows of chairs and a large screen for the players to watch videos of themselves, and other Pac-12 teams playing. 

     Will there be space for the coaches and helping staff? Yes, there will be meeting rooms, and offices for staff and coaching. There will be a balcony on top of the building with breathtaking views of the mountains, The University of Utah Campus, and Downtown Salt Lake City. The lounge rooms will include pool tables, fuse ball tables, couches, projectors with videos, and more. The addition will be named the “Jon M. and Karen Huntsman Basketball Practice Center”.
     To see a simulation of what the whole building will look like, watch this video!