The Devine Pavilion, immediately south of the Taylor/Brookfield Buildings, provides Tiger athletes with an indoor practice facility, featuring a 90-yard artificial turf field, two permanent batting cages, and two removable batting cages.

The McElroy Sports Medicine Center and the Shelden Academic Resource Center are the newest wings to the north and south ends, respectively, of the Taylor/Brookfield Complex. The project also renovated and expanded the athletic dining hall, dressing rooms and coaches offices.

In 1997, a $12 million renovation of Memorial Stadium, continuing a series of projects that were begun in the late 1980s, was completed. The latest phase, the most comprehensive to date, replaced the concourse beneath the grandstands, built new concession stands, restrooms, ticket windows and entry gates, upgraded parking lots and further defined the stadium's exterior boundaries.

Dedicated at the Big 12 Conference Track and Field Championships in May '98 was 2,500-seat Walton Stadium. It serves the track and soccer teams. The project was made possible by Mrs. Walton's $1 million donation in 1996. Sitting on the west side of the track, the stadium serves track/soccer on one side, and softball on the other. The press box faces both stadiums allowing one press box to services both facilities.

Completed prior to the football season was a new $13.1 million press box facility at Memorial Stadium. The new goal line-to-goal line facility includes 32 private suites, expanded club seating, and working media facilities that more than doubles capacity of the old press box.

With Mizzou's move to the Big 12 Conference, facility improvements became a top priority for the Athletic Department. That scenario began in 1996 as construction was completed on the outdoor track/soccer complex and permanent lights were installed above Faurot Field.

In 1994, MU officials developed a master facilities plan for MU. That plan examined all of MU's athletic facilities to give the athletic department a blueprint to follow. The Sports Park concept ties all of the Tiger athletic facilities that lie south of Stadium Boulevard into an attractive setting that will serve as the athletic signature of the campus.

Dan Devine began the process with the first expansion of the Taylor/Brookfield buildings in 1993. The next major step was a $2.7 million project in 1995 that returned Faurot Field to natural grass, and made considerable changes to improve the accessibility of the stadium were underway. The 10-year old Omniturf carpet was replaced by Kentucky blue grass. Meanwhile, other crews widened many of the stadium's entrance tunnels and constructed wheelchair areas in the east and west stands.

Implementation of the master plan will only continue the thrust toward improving MU's facilities given new impetus by Devine. Shortly after his arrival in 1992, he announced that a $250,000 challenge gift from Mrs. Jane Yeckel, in memory of her late husband Phil, had kicked off a campaign to build a new strength and conditioning facility for the Tigers. By spring, 1993, construction had begun and the Tigers had the benefit of working out in the new 10,000-square foot weight room when they reported for camp, in August 1993. Also included in the expansion were six team meeting rooms, one of which is a theater-style auditorium that seats 136 persons and includes a state-of-the art video system.

In the last decade, football-related construction projects have included:

• installation of aluminum bleachers at Memorial Stadium, replacing the old cypress planks that had graced the stadium since 1926;
• reconditioning of the concrete at Memorial Stadium, repairing and replacing stairways, expansion joints, and draining systems, and waterproofing the entire structure;
• construction of a new game-day lockerroom under the south grandstand. The air-conditioned facility includes a modern training room, complete with its own X-ray equipment, and an interview room with television-quality lighting and seating capacity for more than 60 reporters.