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Video: VCU practice facility nears completion

VCU's state-of-the-art practice facility is scheduled to officially be completed by the start of November.
VCU’s state-of-the-art practice facility is scheduled to officially be completed by the start of November.

Ram fans are about to hate me for two reasons: the first being I got a chance to tour VCU’s brand new practice facility that’s currently under construction, the second will be for not filming every square inch of the place.

VCU’s $25 million state-of-the-art practice facility is getting very close to completion, but before all the bells and whistles are added (and there are tons of them…think furniture, massive interactive displays, memorabilia, etc) VCU Athletics invited a number of local media members to take a tour of the site in it’s current state with Director of Facilities Tim Lampe and VCU Sports Information Director Scott Day.

Here’s just a taste of what we saw today (about half to be precise because everything we filmed here is duplicated on the women’s side of the facility). We look forward to visiting again in about a month after the place is officially open and in it’s full glory.

A two-time graduate of VCU (School of the Arts '07, Center for Sport Leadership '10), Mat is a co-founder of VCU Ram Nation and a longtime fan as the ...