One of the reasons the UVA football program has received six verbal commitments for the class of 2013 in June alone is the construction of the new indoor practice facility on grounds.
Crews recently broke ground on the 78,000 square foot facility on the site of one of the two football practice fields behind the McCue Center and University Hall next to the field hockey turf.
Crews are laying the groundwork for construction, and steel will start going up in July.
In October, UVA released artist renderings of the project, which will cost $13 million. $8.4 million had already been pledged when the school revealed the plans.
The football program and other Cavalier field sports will use the facility, which is scheduled to be complete in 2013 in time for the spring sports season.
UVA head football coach Mike London said, "The support of the administration...The ground is broken, and the steel beams are going in. It's fantastic. For all those things to come together, and when a young man sees that and the progress of it, then he's interested in this school."
Schools like Duke, Georgia tech, and Auburn have opened similar indoor practices facilities recently.
Virginia Tech, Florida State, and Clemson have plans for similar facilities as well.
