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CEDAR FALLS | Athletic officials at the University of Northern Iowa said the UNI-Dome is in need of some updates.

Colin McDonough, spokesman for the athletics department, said Thursday that the 38-year-old sports facility needs additional restrooms and wider corridors to accommodate more than 16,000 fans at events.

“There’s been a few upgrades to the press box and north-end locker room but overall the look of the Dome and inside, certainly the exterior, hasn’t had a whole lot done to it,” McDonough said.

He added that a lot of the cost to pay for such an upgrade would likely come from private sources through a capital campaign. But there are no concrete plans yet, McDonough said.

Athletic director Troy Dannen shared his dreams for the UNI-Dome’s updates in an interview with The Des Moines Register Wednesday. Dannen said renovations to the stadium will be part of a broader campaign that is "a couple of years" away.

Although it's too early to talk about costs, Dannen said renovations to the Dome would be a "low eight-figure project."

Construction on two video scoreboards inside the Dome and the McLeod Center are currently underway. The total cost of the project has been estimated at $1.2 million.

The Dome's current seating capacity of 16,300 likely wouldn't change much.

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