After a run of nearly 11 years, the former Sheakley Athletic Center, which included the University of Cincinnati's practice football field and "The Bubble" during winter months, is no longer.
Construction has begun on the same site for UC's new practice facility that will take them into the Big 12. Tuesday, the ceremonial shovels came out for the official groundbreaking of the multi-million dollar indoor practice facility and performance center, which is scheduled to be completed in the next two years. The practice facility alone will be 84,000 square feet.
Wearing C-Paw hard hats and moving the first official dirt were transformational gift-givers Larry and Rhonda Sheakley, Phil Collins from the board of trustees, UC President Neville Pinto, UC Athletic Director John Cunningham and UC Foundation President Peter Landgren.