College football facilities continue to get more absurd

The price of being a leader in college football continues to climb to ridiculous levels. If you think Greg Byrne’s $74 million Lowell-Stevens Football Facility project is as good as it gets, consider what Clemson is building now. Clemson’s football plant will include mini golf, a grill area, sand volleyball court, nap room, arcade, bowling alley and a barbershop. One of Byrne’s nice touches on the near-complete $7.5 million UA sports academic center across from McKale Center was to make space for two 18-wheel TV trucks. For decades, Enke Drive was virtually shut down on UA basketball weekends, overloaded with 18-wheelers.

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