Excellent Indiana Football Facilities are Top Notch
Excellent Indiana football facilities will turn your head. Why do I mention that? Two reasons. First, Indiana is my alma mater. Second, the money involved in the business side of college football is so serious that even a school that does not have a lot of success on the field needs to spend hundreds of millions of dollars to exist.
In fact, according to Sportico’s 2022-23 numbers Indiana athletics took in almost $145,000,000 of revenue. It also spent $139,000,000 that year. That’s a lot of money. And to get that kind of money the athletic facilities have to be as good as, or better than everyone else’s.
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EXCELLENT INDIANA FOOTBALL FACILITIES
Recent upgrades at IU’s Memorial Football Stadium are as aesthetically beautiful as any stadium in the country. The football facilities and workout areas are top notch. And the John Mellencamp Pavilion, which is the indoor practice facility for multiple sports including football just received new turf and is as nice as any NFL facility. (Btw, yes, THAT John Mellencamp. He lives nearby and is a big supporter of Indiana athletics).
Whether your school is an annual powerhouse like Michigan, Ohio State, Georgia or Alabama, or if you are a program like Indiana, you have to be all in financially if you want to exist, let alone compete, in college athletics. So, yes, excellent Indiana football facilities may surprise you.
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