Per Tribune Star Article: http://www.tribstar.com/local/local_story_351234957.html
Athletics
Under the plan, several athletic facilities, including track/field, soccer, softball and football, would eventually be moved west of Third Street across from campus. Within the next several years, Bradley expects to move track and field facilities to an area between the river and First Street.
The plan states, “The condition of the ISU athletic facilities is such the university has little choice but to begin planning for a number of new facilities and major renovations. Many of the existing competition facilities are ranked at or near the bottom of the Missouri Valley Conference.
“The under-utilized land west of U.S. 41 (Third Street) has been identified as the appropriate location for the development of new athletic competition and training facilities.”
The plan cites the availability of large tracts of land and the goal of supporting the city’s effort to revitalize the riverfront.
Bradley emphasizes the plan as presently written and drawn for athletic facilities is “a concept. You can do a lot of different things within that concept.”
Some of it could take 20 years, such as construction of a new football stadium.
The plan will likely call for the purchase of some retail establishments, but “that doesn’t mean necessarily there wouldn’t be any retail on Third Street across the street from us,” Bradley said.
Athletic facilities would be funded primarily through private giving, Bradley said.
“We have a lot of other things that will take an awful lot of effort,” he said. “The football stadium is nowhere near the top of my agenda list right now.”
Athletics
Under the plan, several athletic facilities, including track/field, soccer, softball and football, would eventually be moved west of Third Street across from campus. Within the next several years, Bradley expects to move track and field facilities to an area between the river and First Street.
The plan states, “The condition of the ISU athletic facilities is such the university has little choice but to begin planning for a number of new facilities and major renovations. Many of the existing competition facilities are ranked at or near the bottom of the Missouri Valley Conference.
“The under-utilized land west of U.S. 41 (Third Street) has been identified as the appropriate location for the development of new athletic competition and training facilities.”
The plan cites the availability of large tracts of land and the goal of supporting the city’s effort to revitalize the riverfront.
Bradley emphasizes the plan as presently written and drawn for athletic facilities is “a concept. You can do a lot of different things within that concept.”
Some of it could take 20 years, such as construction of a new football stadium.
The plan will likely call for the purchase of some retail establishments, but “that doesn’t mean necessarily there wouldn’t be any retail on Third Street across the street from us,” Bradley said.
Athletic facilities would be funded primarily through private giving, Bradley said.
“We have a lot of other things that will take an awful lot of effort,” he said. “The football stadium is nowhere near the top of my agenda list right now.”
