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Illinois State AD: Selling naming rights to Redbird Arena could provide financial boost

The university’s Board of Trustees gave its formal approval in December for an $11.5 million indoor practice facility to be built on the site of the current football practice field north of Horton Field House.

That approval is contingent on the Athletics department raising at least 70 percent of that cost before construction may begin.

Athletics needs approximately $1 million to reach that 70 percent threshold and about $4 million to fully fund the project.

“Those are the numbers we still need to hit,” Brennan said Wednesday. “We’re making great progress and feel really good about getting this thing going in the spring.