Plans for a $23.3 million addition to Crisler Arena are up for approval Thursday when the University of Michigan Board of Regents meets.
In January, regents commissioned Jickling Lyman Powell Associates, Inc. to design a 50,000-square-foot player development center addition to Crisler Arena that would displace 60 parking spaces.
Plans to be presented Thursday include a larger addition - 57,000 square feet - that will displace 35 more parking spots. The same price tag was listed.
U-M athletic department cash and private donations will finance the project, which includes two new basketball practice courts, team locker areas, space for strength and conditioning, athletic medicine space, and staff and coaching offices. Pending approval of the plans Thursday and approval at a later date of contracts, the project's estimated completion is fall 2011. In total, 150 parking spots would be displaced.
Previously approved plans for a soccer stadium have been scaled back, but carry the same price tag.
In May, the U-M Regents approved the $6 million project with seating for 2,200 spectators and a 26,000-square-foot soccer stadium at the competition field just west of the Tisch Tennis Building. The design by Jickling Lyman Powell Associates Inc. was approved in June.
The scaled-back plans call for a 20,000-square-foot building with seating for 1,800. Funding will also come from athletic department resources and gifts. The project includes concessions, restrooms, a media area and two team locker rooms.
Juliana Keeping covers higher education for AnnArbor.com. Reach her at julianakeeping@annarbor.com or 734-623-2528.
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