Tennessee breaks ground on new football complex

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  • Posted November 7, 2009 at 1:29 a.m.
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The University of Tennessee broke ground Friday on a $39 million football complex.

It will be attached to the Brenda Lawson Athletic Center and is expected to be completed in the summer of 2011.

The complex will include a new locker room, team lounge, equipment room, team and position meeting rooms, coaches offices, two-story weight room, men’s training room and hydrotherapy room.

Former Volunteer quarterback Peyton Manning, now with the Indianapolis Colts, pledged $1 million toward the facility in September. Manning’s donation put Tennessee at $30 million toward the facility, which allowed the school to break ground on the facility.

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