Florida State coach Jimbo Fisher has plans in place to build a standalone football facility.

Fisher told ESPN Friday that an architect has already visited campus to draw plans for an on-campus facility dedicated solely to the football program.

"We need room. We need meeting space, player development areas,” Fisher told ESPN. “You’ve got to have those areas and also to show off your history. That’s what Florida State is known for, being a great football program. You can never stand still. If you’re not evolving and moving, people are going to bypass you. You’ve got to keep going. The great programs never settle. We’re always looking for that edge. It’s going to help recruiting. It’s going to help player development. We get a lot of guys that are three-and-out, so we’ve got to have space for them to get them developed as quickly as we can so we can get production out of them."

One of FSU’s rivals, Clemson, recently opened a $55 million football facility that includes a wiffle-ball field and a 30-foot slide. Newer, bigger and better; that’s the climate in big-time college football.

The coach intends to begin pitching the idea for a football-specific facility to FSU boosters during his spring speaking tour, which begins next month.

"People realize it’s not an arms race, it’s a competitive race," Fisher told ESPN. "It’s the cost of doing business if you want to be elite."

FSU has already made some sizable investments to the football program’s infrastructure in recent years. In 2014, FSU spent $4.85 million on upgrades to its locker room, a players’ lounge, a team meeting room and a coaches suite.

Fisher told ESPN that his preference is to have the facility connect to FSU's indoor practice facility, which is next to Doak Campbell Stadium. Currently, the area immediately surrounding FSU's practice field consists of a parking lot, a baseball stadium and facilities for other team sports.

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