August 27, 2004
Dedication of indoor athletic facility
set for Sept. 3
The Steve and Debbie Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility, in use by the
athletic department since March, will be dedicated during a 4 p.m. ceremony
Friday, Sept. 3. The university community is invited.
The $9 million, 92,000-square-foot building was paid for with private
gifts to the athletic department. It is located on the west side of Jack
Trice Stadium. It is named for the lead donors on the project, Steve (ISU
class of 1979) and Debbie Bergstrom, originally from Clarion who now live in
Montgomery, Texas.
"This new facility will help Iowa State's student-athletes be even more
competitive and successful in the Big 12 Conference and nationally," said
President Gregory Geoffroy. "We are very grateful to the many alumni,
friends and Cyclone fans, led by Steve and Debbie Bergstrom, who provided
the funding for it."
An interior look at the Steve and Debbie Bergstrom Indoor
Training Facility, which will be dedicated Sept. 3. Photo by Bob
Elbert.
The building features a 120-yard NCAA regulation artificial football
field that can be used for football and soccer practice, and training and
conditioning for those and other sports.
Cyclone head football coach Dan McCarney said the Bergstrom facility puts
the football program on the same level as other schools with similar
buildings in one of the nation's toughest football conferences.
"It is hard to put into words our appreciation for what Steve and Debbie
and other supporters have done for this football program," McCarney said.
"This building puts us among the elite football programs nationally. The
transformation of our football facilities in the last decade is truly
amazing and speak volumes about the ISU community's commitment to competing
at the highest level of collegiate athletics."
