Posted on 31 July 2013.
The Casanova Center, along with a few other facilities at Autzen Stadium, have been going through some pretty major renovations as of late. The $68 million facilities contain everything from new locker rooms for players to offices for athletic department officials and press conference rooms. The photos below have all been provided by GoDucks.com and were taken by Eric Evans.
The latest addition to the Oregon athletics facilities complex is the Football Performance Center, which was opened for business this week.
A two-story theater for the full team and more, 170 in all, is housed in Bob & Jane Sanders Hall.
The double doors to each locker swing open and can then slide into the frame to eliminate barriers between lockers, another way to promote camaraderie.
The lounge for Oregon’s players features two banks of four 55-inch TV screens, six gaming stations and hand-woven rugs.
Many of the high-profile trophies won by Oregon are housed in the lobby’s trophy case. Others are featured elsewhere in the building.
The kitchen area aims to provide the ‘best training table in America,’ and reminds players to ‘Eat Your Enemies … and the other food groups.’
Assistant coach offices feature three 55-inch TVs along one wall, and personal photos and memorabilia along the other.
A row of miniature ‘maquettes’ illustrates Oregon’s uniforms over the years.
There are lounges available for players’ families and recruits.
Players are situated in the locker room with the rest of their summer squad members, and benches face out to promote teammate interactions, which Chip Kelly suggested from his hockey playing days.
A smaller theater allows for the offense, defense or special teams to meet separately and review concepts together.
The dining room has seating for more than 200, at family style tables and booths, with six big-screen TVs. Sliding glass doors and curtains can be used to form a smaller, 60-seat private dining area.
A hydrotherapy pool is also available in the coaches’ locker room.
The 145,000-square-foot facility features black glass to signify stealth and 40-foot cantilevers that illustrate the various building blocks necessary to build a successful program.
A mural decorates the wall at the end of the weight room.
Mirrors in the coaches’ locker room have televisions imbedded in them.
Metalwork outside the entrance to the Football Performance Center includes the names of Oregon varsity lettermen over the decades.
The lobby includes 64 total 55-inch televisions that can be linked to show one integrated image, or 64 individual views.
Head coach Mark Helfrich’s office opens out over the practice fields, but with the touch of a button shades will darken the room for the sake of film review.
The lobby’s ring room is not to be missed, with LED lighting and 3D sound enhancing the presentation of Oregon’s bowl and championship rings.
Yes, among the stalls in the locker room is one designated for ‘Uncle Phil.’
Bob & Jane Sanders Hall features a 30-foot projection screen that, when retracted, overlooks Autzen Stadium.
Press conferences and postgame interviews will take place in a new media room that features theater-style seating, and four ‘confessional’ booths for one-on-one interactions.
The War Room sits 22 around a grand table, has six 80-inch monitors and, like much of the rest of the facility, black magnetic walls that are also writable/erasable.
The War Room sits 22 around a grand table, has six 80-inch monitors and, like much of the rest of the facility, black magnetic walls that are also writable/erasable.
Just off the locker room is a barber shop, which will offer on-site haircuts at student rates.
The sixth-floor skybridge features a flock of ducks representing Oregon’s NFL draftees, identified by their initials on each individual duck.
The new weight room features custom-made squat racks and Brazilian hardwood, and has windows overlooking the new practice fields.
Head coach Mark Helfrich’s office features TV screens above his desk that drop down from the ceiling.
The new weight room contains ample space for the team, and on the mezzanine a 40-yard electronic track lane.
A position meeting room, in this case for wide receivers, features a 120-inch projection screen for reviewing film.
