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Practice facility

GlacierGriz72 said:
How much do you think the indoor practice facility will help the QB,'s and receiving corp. IMHO I would think somewhere out of the cold that has dry footing and plenty of room to run routes should help a ton for everyone to get on the same page. What say you Griz nation?
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A good point i hadn't thought of. Can get good work in now until spring practice. Should help KAY as well as get Jensen acclimated
 
Griztrain said:
I'm glad the Griz finally have something for the athletes in the winter.
I am curious why they didn't set a goal for a bit more funding and put up a permanent structure instead.


For comparison:
D2 Harding University(Arkansas) has had a permanent Indoor Facility since 2019
https://twitter.com/x/status/1159589073801142272
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I think it would have cost roughly 3 times as much which might have taken a lot more time to complete and not fit with the goals for the athletic department though this was all privately funded. Our cost went from $6-10 million just with inflation post Covid when the effort started before Covid. SDSU and NDSU have $27-30 million IPF’s. To have the same quality might run upwards of $50 million now. We can use this in the meantime and then fundraise over time for a permanent cover. Bozeman doing all of the above in less than a year should tell you what kind of money is rolling into that program now.
 
Wolf777 said:
I think it would have cost roughly 3 times as much which might have taken a lot more time to complete and not fit with the goals for the athletic department though this was all privately funded. Our cost went from $6-10 million just with inflation post Covid when the effort started before Covid. SDSU and NDSU have $27-30 million IPF’s. To have the same quality might run upwards of $50 million now. We can use this in the meantime and then fundraise over time for a permanent cover. Bozeman doing all of the above in less than a year should tell you what kind of money is rolling into that program now.
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I've heard through the grapevine that they started fundraising for their indoor while they were still constructing their Football facility. I believe it took them 3-4 years to fundraise it all. At that same time, we had already had our plans in place for the bubble.
 
Griz til I die said:
I've heard through the grapevine that they started fundraising for their indoor while they were still constructing their Football facility. I believe it took them 3-4 years to fundraise it all. At that same time, we had already had our plans in place for the bubble.
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And also - MSU's is only a building in the technical sense, right? It was originally going to be a framed canvas cover and really all they did was make it a framed metal roof covering...so in theory, it is more of a big ass storage shed rather than a building. Though I'm no engineer.
 
Griztrain said:
I'm glad the Griz finally have something for the athletes in the winter.
I am curious why they didn't set a goal for a bit more funding and put up a permanent structure instead.


For comparison:
D2 Harding University(Arkansas) has had a permanent Indoor Facility since 2019
https://twitter.com/x/status/1159589073801142272
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Timing matters, I found the article announcing Harding's indoor facility. Broke ground in 2018 and finished in 2019. Cost then was $5.2MM

UM's just 4ish years later cost $10.2MM

MSU's is about $25MM

Another thing to consider is location / region. Right now the average cost of labor in Montana is almost double that in Arkansas. One (of many) factors why you regularly see housing up here is way more expensive than many areas in the south.

Hindsight is 20/20 - would've been great if Montana could've jumped on this before covid!
 
MissoulaMarinerFan said:
Maybe why they decided to go with "metal shed and metal roof" instead. Seems they learned their lesson (even though it took them twice) as the design renderings show a slanted roof instead of a flat one. 😅
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MSU also has waaaaay more significant and expensive upgrades that need to take place on their stadium when they do decide to tackle that as well.
 
billingsgriz said:
And wasn't our indoor practice facility designed and built so that we can--if we have the $--put a permanent roof over the facility in the future ?
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Played catch with my son in the IPF this weekend. What an awesome facility. There were football players, track kids, golfers, soccer ladies, and a few families. Tons of space.

But to answer your question, NO. The foundation is not built to allow a permanent structure. Goal is for the bubble to last 20-30 years.
 
BDizzle said:
Played catch with my son in the IPF this weekend. What an awesome facility. There were football players, track kids, golfers, soccer ladies, and a few families. Tons of space.

But to answer your question, NO. The foundation is not built to allow a permanent structure. Goal is for the bubble to last 20-30 years.
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Hunh interesting. I thought that was one of the reasons it took so long to get going. Must have scrapped it when costs started skyrocketing during covid.
 
James Ray said:
It is beneficial to practice in the conditions in which a game is played.
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I mean, kinda. There have been times where we haven't even been able to effectively practice during the playoffs in recent years during bad enough storms. Also, as of this month we don't have any games coming up and it would be absolutely awful to try to be out there running routes and working on timing or whatever else. The IPF lets kids get more work in all year, so I'd call it a net positive. Our kids live in Montana. They won't be shocked when they run out onto the field just because they got some of their practice time in indoors. Just my two cents.
 
ElrodGrizzly said:
I mean, kinda. There have been times where we haven't even been able to effectively practice during the playoffs in recent years during bad enough storms. Also, as of this month we don't have any games coming up and it would be absolutely awful to try to be out there running routes and working on timing or whatever else. The IPF lets kids get more work in all year, so I'd call it a net positive. Our kids live in Montana. They won't be shocked when they run out onto the field just because they got some of their practice time in indoors. Just my two cents.
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James Ray said:
It is beneficial to practice in the conditions in which a game is played.
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I don't think it truly matters what conditions are played compared to scheme. Cold weather will always favor a strong running game and a good run defense.
 
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