Bucs Indoor Facility Taking Shape

Something that has been talked about for years, is finally becoming a reality.

The new indoor practice field, located on the southwest corner of One Buc Place, should be ready by the start of the season if everything continues on schedule according to Rick Stroud of the Tampa Bay Times, and Scott Smith of Buccaneers.com.

CB Vernon Hargreaves and WR DeSean Jackson – Photo by: Cliff Welch/PR

Getting out of the heat – and the summer lightning bolts – should help preserve the players health throughout the season, and maybe give them a little extra push down the stretch. That is the hope anyway.

“We want to give our team the best opportunity, with all of the resources possible, to put the best team on the field and it comes from the top, from the Glazer family,” Bucs COO Brian Ford told the Times. “It is truly going to be a state-of-the-art facility and is yet another example of the commitment on and off the field that the Glazer family has to the community and to the franchise.”

The Glazers are spending $20 million to build the 100,000-square foot indoor practice facility that will include bleachers with a capacity of 3,500, meaning the Bucs can also hold training camp practices indoor from time to time as well, starting in 2018.

To see more pictures of the facility, click this link from Buccaneers.com.

Mark Cook currently is the director of editorial content and Bucs beat writer and has written for PewterReport.com since 2011. Cook has followed the Buccaneers since 1977 when he first began watching football with his Dad and is fond of the 1979 Bucs team that came within 10 points of going to a Super Bowl. His favorite Bucs game is still the 1979 divisional playoff win 24-17 over the Eagles. In his spare time Cook enjoys playing guitar, fishing, the beach and family time.Cook is a native of Pinecrest in Eastern Hillsborough County and has written for numerous publications including the Tampa Tribune, In the Field and Ya'll Magazine. Cook can be reached at mark@pewterreport.com

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surferdudes

4 years ago

It’s been awhile in the making, but you have to admit, when they do it, the Glazers do it right.

macabee

4 years ago

Much needed and great addition to the Bucs arsenal of ways to get better through uninterrupted practices, and at the same time keeping the fans in mind. Some might call it the house that Jameis Winston built as it finally appeared after his arrival. The spacious building seems to fit the Winston mantra -“If we’re gonna do it then, we do it big then.” lol. Go Bucs!