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Auburn dedicates $92 million Football Performance Center

Justin Hokansonby: Justin Hokanson08/21/21_JHokanson
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AUBURN | Auburn University dedicated their $92 million Football Performance Center on Saturday morning.

The dedication happened on site, where the 12-acre facility is scheduled to be completed by fall of 2022.

Auburn athletics director Allen Greene spoke, along with linebacker Owen Pappoe, and a number of other Auburn officials.

“It truly is the gold standard,” Greene said.

Auburn AD Allen Greene/Courtesy of Auburn Athletics

The facility will be the most expensive facility build in the history of Auburn athletics, passing the $86 million price tag of Auburn Arena.

Football coach Bryan Harsin was scheduled to attend, but due to his positive COVID test, sent his remarks via Greene.

“He is at home feeling well,” Greene said. “He is recovering and resting. (Harsin) made reference to recruiting. You don’t win in this league without recruiting, regardless of what sport you play. This facility is going to help us do that.”

There will be two football practice fields, 95,000 indoor football facility, meeting rooms and reception space, a first-class medical facility, and a 50-person hydrotherapy plunge pool. Recovery is critical and this facility will provide that.

  • The 12-acre site is the equivalent of five football fields or 50 basketball courts
  • The amount of bricks that will be used could build 1,000 Jordan-Hare Stadiums
  • There will be 13,450 cubic yards of concrete, enough to fill four Olympic-sized swimming pools

Pappoe arrived at Auburn as a five-star recruit and has seen his fair share of football facilities.

“When I chose to come to Auburn, the people here and the university are elite,” Pappoe said. “This new facility — it proves that we want to be the best.

“From a recruiting standpoint, I can tell you right now. From what I’ve seen, there’s nothing like this at all.”

Linebacker Owen Pappoe/Courtesy of Auburn Athletics

This project is years in the making. Greene said when he first arrived at Auburn and asked head coaches from numerous sports what they needed, the football facility was mentioned first and most.

Greene and the athletics department has raised nearly $40 million through private donations from 43 families for the construction. Two families donated more than $5 million. One family donated more than $10 million.

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