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November Construction Update #1

Seat Installation by John Frost

September Construction Update

Virtual Venue

Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center

Building Phase



Demolition Phase

Brasfield & Gorrie construction workers remove seating areas on March 24 as part of the demolition phase.

April Update

The view from floor level as demolition continues on April 15, 2016.

New Stephen C. O'Connell Seating

The renovated O'Connell Center will feature chairback seating through the entire arena,

a center-hung scoreboard and premium seating opportunities.

Seating Guidelines

How it all works:

Every season-ticket holder will be required to select new seats.

Gator Boosters will be assigned a seat selection date and appointment time according to their ranking within the Loyalty Point System.

Gator Boosters who are not 2015-16 MBK season-ticket holders will be assigned appointment times after all donors have completed their seat selections.

The selection process will begin in mid-May and will extend through early July.

In order to make sure the Gator Ticket Office has your most current contact. information, please log into your FloridaGators.com/tickets online account.

Seat Selection Website

Appointment Times

The O'Connell Center will have a grand entrance and a new outer concourse,

complete with renovated bathrooms and concession stands.

Frequently Asked Questions

Another individual can select your seats for you. You would provide your login information to the other individual and they will be able to log into the website and select the seats for you. You may submit your preferences to a member of the Gator Ticket Office staff and they will select the best available seats for you, based on your preferences.

Loyalty Points Rankings Reference Rank Points Rank Points Rank Points 1 100,400 375 620 1,050 235 10 15,287 400 605 1,100 220 25 4,290 425 590 1,150 200 50 2,000 450 573 1,200 172 75 1,455 475 553 1,250 154 100 1,262 500 530 1,300 125 125 1,119 550 500 1,350 94 150 981 600 476 1,400 80 175 915 650 450 1,450 60 200 838 700 426 1,500 60 225 803 750 392 1,600 40 250 771 800 363 1,650 36 275 728 850 344 1,700 30 300 691 900 320 1,750 24 325 660 950 293 1,800 20 350 635 1,000 560 1,900 10

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O'Connell Center Rendering with Gymnastics Setup O'Connell Center Rendering with Volleyball Setup The new sideline club provides a new premium seating opportunity, including a catered meal pregame,

HD-TVs, WiFi, and a private entrance and restrooms. The exclusive courtside club will be housed where the visitor's locker room is currently located

and provides easy access to courtside seats. A full 360-degree outer concourse will provide wide walkways around the entire building,

as well as updated concession stands and restrooms.

As we reach mid-November, seating installation has neared the end, arena lights have been installed, both sideline and courtside clubs take shape and locker rooms are ready for the installation of lockers and other permanent structures. View Tim Casey's latest renovation photo gallery. Photos and video released on Nov. 4 show seat installation complete in all but the lowest level of the seating bowl, while the center-hung scoreboard has been assembled and waits ready to be lifted at the appropriate time. View the full photo gallery by Tim Casey , and check out the video above to see the latest details.The Gators invited long-time season ticket holder John Frost to Exactech Arena at the O'Connell Center in October to assist with a seat installation. Frost reflected on fond memories and the exciting future of Florida basketball.Locker rooms and club areas have started to take shape, while seat installation and scoreboard construction are in progress. Check out Tim Casey's latest photo gallery of the progress at Exactech Arena at the Stephen C. O'Connell Center With men’s basketball seat selection just around the corner, the Gators have unveiled their Virtual Venue site that brings fans into the arena . The Virtual Venue gives a realistic look at sight-lines in the renovated O’Connell Center and provides the ability to compare pricing, views and a glance at the benefits associated with each section.“We are already excited to get back in front of our fans and the Rowdies,” head coach Mike White said. “The O’Connell Center is going to be beautiful when it’s ready, and we can’t wait to play in our awesome home environment.”The seat selection process will begin on June 13. Current men’s basketball Boosters and season-ticket holders will receive their assigned selection time via mail and email. Times are determined based on Booster loyalty points.Fans wishing to purchase new season tickets can do so beginning June 29.The UF Board of Trustees voted to approve a collaboration that will allow Exactech, a local-bred medical device company at the forefront of joint replacement, and the O'Connell Center to share the marquee at the home for Gators athletics since 1981. The agreement brings together two Gainesville-based organizations with more than 30 years each of collaborating on education, innovation and health care.With demolition complete in June, one of the first major steps of the building phase was the installation of precast, which will make up the permanent seating bowl.The $64.5 million renovation of the Stephen C. O’Connell Center took another major step forwardwith the beginning of the demolition phase in late March.“It’s a culmination of 21 months since we had our first construction meeting,” said UF executive associate athletics director for internal affairs Chip Howard. “The design team and construction management firm have worked really hard, so it’s a big day to finally get underway with a very important, critical project here for the university.”Chris Harry has more on the beginning of this phase of the O'Connell Center renovation Brasfield & Gorrie continued with demolition activities throughout the O'Connell Center. Check out the video below and have a look at the full gallery of where the O'Connell Center renovation project stands as of April 15.Dear Gators,As we embark on the construction of our new Stephen C. O’Connell Center, there is great excitement for all of our programs that call this multi-purpose facility their home. The O’Dome has served this University, our athletic association, and the entire North Florida community well over the past 30+ years but the time has come for us to take this campus icon to the next level.The construction of this new facility will include numerous changes to its layout and design, and as an organization, we are very sensitive to all of the University’s many diverse stakeholders. With that in mind, we are confident that the following plan is the most equitable for all those interested in ordering men’s basketball season tickets for the upcoming 2016-17 season.Sincerely,Jeremy FoleyDirector of AthleticsThis is a brand new arena. You are not required to maintain your previous level of contribution or the number of seats you’ve held. When your appointment time arrives, you can select any seat that is available and are only responsible for the required “per seat contribution.”SEATING LIMITS: There are no limits in the 100 and 200 sections. All orders in the lower level (Sections 01-29) are limited to the current number of season tickets you have in current level 1 or 2. However, no orders can exceed 4 club seats or 8 total lower level seats.The process will be based on your ranking within the Gator Boosters Loyalty Point System. This ranking accounts for your consecutive years as a basketball season ticket holder (10 points per year), milestone bonuses for each decade threshold you have achieved (50 points every 10 years), ticket-related giving (1 point for each $100), as well as any financial contributions to our endowment or facility projects (2 points for each $100) that applied to men’s basketball.Florida Athletics will launch a specific website that will give Gator Boosters the opportunity to navigate and familiarize themselves with the layout of the new arena. This Virtual Venue, is already in place for football. The new O’Connell Center version will be completed in mid-spring and all fans will have the ability to test it in advance of their assigned seat selection appointment time.Seat selection appointment times will be assigned to those placing an order for 2016-17 season tickets. All current 2015-16 Gator Boosters & season ticket holders will be placed in order of Loyalty Points.Your appointment time represents the earliest time that you can access the system to select seats. Your selection window opens at your appointment time, and then you may select seats at any time until the selection process is complete in late June. There is no time limit; however, please keep in mind that others will be able to select seats as their selection windows open, so we encourage you to choose your seats as close to your assigned time as possible. We anticipate the overall process will require 6-8 weeks.HOW WILL SEAT SELECTION PRIORITY BE DETERMINED?Current 2015-16 basketball season ticket holders (including all Gator Boosters, season ticket holders & faculty/staff) will be ranked by their 2016 basketball Loyalty Point ranking. New 2016-17 season ticket holders will be ranked after all current 2015-16 season ticket holders & must place a deposit of $100 by April 1, 2016.IS IT POSSIBLE TO SELECT SEATS WITH MY FRIENDS?Yes; the membership with the most amount of Loyalty Points that enters Virtual Venue first would need to wait until their friends are also in the Virtual Venue before selecting all their seats simultaneously.WHEN WILL I KNOW MY APPOINTMENT TIME?You will be notified in June of your appointment time. Appointments will not begin until mid-June.WHAT HAPPENS IF I AM NOT AVAILABLE DURING MY APPOINTMENT TIME?Please make every effort to be available during your scheduled appointment time so you will have the opportunity to select seats. If you realize in advance you will not be available, you have two options:WHAT IF I’M NOT COMPUTER SAVVY OR DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THE INTERNET?Virtual Venue is very user friendly but we understand it can be intimidating for some, especially with the nervousness associated with choosing a seat location. You may call the Gator Ticket Office in advance and make them aware that you would prefer to show up in person and select your seats with the assistance of an employee of the athletic association.WHERE DO MY LOYALTY POINTS RANK?See the chart below for reference: