Oregon's Top-Notch Facilities

SI Staff | Jan 7, 2011

Oregon's Top-Notch Facilities /

Oregon's Top-Notch Facilities

Thanks in large part of the donations of Phil Knight, Oregon has the best facilities in the nation. The 102,000-square-foot Casanova Athletic Center was unveiled in 1991. The facility is named after Len Casanova, former Oregon head football coach and athletic director, and cost more than $12 million to build.

The spacious and artistically designed locker room is equipped with a mezzanine area overlooking the entire facility and ventilated lockers that cost nearly $26,000 per locker.

The state-of-the-art Oregon football locker room at Autzen Stadium cost nearly $3.2 million to build back in 2003.

The two-story luxurious complex has a 60-inch plasma TV and smaller plasma screens scattered around the room for players to unwind.

The Moshofsky Sports Center was the first indoor practice facility and training center in the Pac-10. The $14.6 million building that reaches 70-feet high at its tallest point is home to a full-length artificial turf football field, a souvenir shop and a 120-meter running track. During games, the facility is converted into an indoor tailgate for up to 5,000 fans.

Professor James Harris, Oregon's assistant athletic director for student athlete development, sits in the Bod Pod, a machine that measures an athlete's fat-to-muscle ratio.

The Bod Pod is located in the $10 million Athletic Medicine Center, constructed in 2007, along with a nutrition bar, a treatment and massage room and other health-conscious amenities.

Oregon football players gather around three plasma screen to play video games and watch TV in the locker room at the Casanova Center. In November 2010, Oregon announced a $41 million plan to expand the Center, thanks to the donations of Phil Knight.

The Oregon football team prepares for a trip to Oklahoma for a game against the Sooners.

Published Jan 7, 2011

SI STAFF