One correction... I believe the football only facility isn't contingent on the new contract and is actaully a result of ISU's share of nebraska and CU leaving and could start as soon as this year.
As far as "where" the football facility goes. Nothing but rumors. Some have said the parking lot between the IPF and the Olsen/Jacobsen building and others have said west of the IPF and it will be multilevel. It will for sure be connected to the IPF.
A couple of points from me:
1. As far as I know, ISU hasn't decided on a scoreboard yet. I had heard that they were choosing between two different options, but then people have said that they are having a hard time figuring out how to support the scoreboard since they can't use the Jacobson Building for support. It's got to be a huge structure to withstand the wins that blows from the north. I wouldn't expect this scoreboard to be up and operational until midway through the season, if not AFTER the season. Good thing they aren't pulling the old scoreboard yet.
2. The Cyclone Sports Complex (softball, soccer, T&F) is moving forward. It goes to the BoR for approval a week from Wednesday. Construction will start this summer and finish before the fall 2012 semester starts.
3. The "Football Practice Facility" is full steam ahead. I know that they have said that losing 2 conference members will pay for it, but I would guess that today's news about the Fox TV package will give them just the insurance that they need to move forward. We've seen bits and pieces about this from stories, interviews and events. Evidently, they have renderings and plans done. I've seen a recruit say "$1M worth of weights alone". CPR mentions it here:
ISU Football (under the Program tab, click "Intro to Cyclone Football"). This building is scheduled to go to the BoR in June and start work in July to be finished before the 2012 season. I would bet that they come out with a fundraising drive in the next few weeks. IMO it WILL go between the IPF and the Olsen Building in 85W. My only question is how they will get the players from there to the stadium on gameday. They can't exactly walk across an open parking lot and through people lining up at the ticket gate.
4. South Endzone - I think that Fox announcement is what they were waiting for on the endzone as well. It wouldn't surprise me if they started work on this right after the season. But it also wouldn't surprise me if they waited a year and had it ready to go for the 2013 season. I think that both the South Endzone and the new FB building will require major lead donors ($5M-$10M), but I have a feeling that those donors are out there and probably on board already. The FB building would have a nice naming opportunity attached with it, since it would basically be the new Jake.
