This morning was a monumental day in UTSA athletics as city officials and University brass broke ground on the new Park West Athletics Complex. Eventually, this complex will host the majority of Roadrunner athletic facilities, including state-of-the-art track and field and soccer stadiums. A cool $22.1 in municipal and state bond monies were used to fund Phase One of construction, which will be used to build a 1,000-seat soccer stadium, 1,000-seat track and field stadium, and various other pieces of infrastructure. Hopefully money will rain from the sky and we'll get football practice fields built in the near future as well. The goal for Phase One construction is 2013.
Here are various pictures and reactions from folks at the ground breaking that I grabbed off Twitter:
UTSA Track Athlete Darryl Wyrick - "the ceremony was pretty nice..the SA community is really excited for the future of the UTSA athletics"
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| Courtesy of UTSA Athletics Twitter |
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| Courtesy of Rowdy Report |
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@RowdyReport: LOL. They got all the injured football players to welcome us in
#ParkWest #UTSA@RowdyReport: Romo: "This is an exciting milestone"
#ParkWest #UTSA@RowdyReport: Mayor Julian Castro: "I consider the city to be a servant of the University"
#ParkWest #UTSA@RowdyReport: Nelson Wolff wants a downtown baseball stadium for
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