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Plans For $22M Oklahoma Sooners Softball Facility Approved

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The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved design plans for a new $22 million softball facility.

The four-time national champions made it to the Women's College World Series for the third straight season this year and their seventh trip in the past eight seasons.

From SoonerSports.com:
It is proposed that the new softball home be located at the northwest corner of Jenkins Avenue and Imhoff Road, approximately one-half mile south of the current facility. This plan alters the previous masterplan for renovation of the present location to allow space for implementation of the required programmatic facility elements, make further use of adjacent athletics facilities and take advantage of existing parking in the immediate vicinity.

"We have spent a considerable amount of effort reviewing this project and working to achieve the best possible result," said OU Vice President and Athletics Director Joe Castiglione.

"We determined that this was the best route to take in developing a facility that not only rates among the best in the nation, but fits with our other athletics sites located in the same vicinity.

"While we're pleased with the planning phase, we must now turn to our support base and seek the funding assistance we need to bring this project to fruition. I am confident we can build a sustainable financial model."

In recent years, the current OU Softball Complex has been stretched beyond its seating capacity of 1,378. On May 26, with the addition of temporary bleachers, a record crowd of 1,927, one of 18 sellouts during the 2018 season, watched the Sooners defeat Arkansas 9-0 in the NCAA Super Regional championship game. That kind of interest has stressed not only the seating capacity, but also the services available to those visiting the facility. It is projected that the new facility will have capacity for 3,000 fans.

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