A project to replace the North Grandstand at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington, as well as a design to renovate the Hine Hall Courtyard at IUPUI and an update to the IUPUI Campus Master Plan, were presented to the Indiana University Board of Trustees during the Facilities and Auxiliaries Committee meeting today on the IU Kokomo campus. Vice President for Capital Planning and Facilities Thomas A. Morrison presented the requests.

View print quality image A project approved by the Board of Trustees will renovate the grandstand at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the IU Bloomington campus. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Capital Planning and Facilities

Project approval was granted to construct a new, two-story structure to be used by the men's and women's varsity soccer teams, as well as event support space for the Little 500 bicycle race, at Bill Armstrong Stadium on the Bloomington campus. This project will demolish and replace the current north grandstand with a new, approximately 21,000-gross-square-foot facility providing locker rooms, a lobby, a team room, a warmup room, coaches' offices, bicycle support space, universally accessible public restrooms, conference rooms and an event space. Permanent seating in this area will be removed and new temporary seating installed. Temporary bleacher seating also will be installed at the west end of the soccer field to provide spectators with an up-close view of the field. "We are very appreciative of the Board of Trustees' approval of the renovation of Bill Armstrong Stadium, which will be funded entirely through private donations," Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Fred Glass said. "As the home of the Little 500 bicycle race and our storied men's and women's soccer programs, this is an iconic facility that is a source of pride for not only IU Athletics, but the university as a whole."

View print quality image A rendering of Hine Hall Courtyard. Rendering courtesy of the Office of the Vice President for Capital Planning and Facilities