Construction of Tech's new basketball practice facility began in earnest Monday, said Tom Gabbard, Tech's associate athletic director for internal affairs.
The 56,000-square-foot facility will include two full-length courts, a weight room and men's and women's locker rooms. It is being built on the tennis courts next to Cassell Coliseum and should open in August 2009. The total project cost is $21 million.
Gabbard said Tech saw the need for a separate practice facility -- the Hokies currently practice in Cassell -- when it joined the ACC in 2005.
"If you're going to try to compete to get the kind of athlete it takes to win in this conference, being the basketball conference it is, you're going to have to compete with practice facilities compared to the ones that are out there," he said.
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