PHOTOS: COURTESY OF ARIZONA ATHLETICS
Welcome to the 21st century, Arizona fans. University of Arizona Athletics is building for a better future. Serving as the centerpiece of the much-needed modernization is the newly christened, $72.3 million Lowell-Stevens Football Facility. This athletic showplace has grabbed the attention of the Arizona faithful and more than a few recruits. Made possible by major gifts from two Arizona families and UA alums – David and Edith Lowell and Jeff and Sharon Stevens, among others – the facilities aim to help launch Arizona back into the national sports spotlight. This isn’t your father’s UA athletic program. “It’s been a lot of hard work with the support of our donors,” said UA VP for Athletics Greg Byrne. The hard work is paying off in a boost to the athletic program and its fans. The work continues, however, as the UA raises money to help pay off the $56 million that remains due on the facility, as well as funds needed for other renovations to aging facilities. Donations are being accepted – and appreciated – every day. The goal: make Arizona Athletics competitive with the very best in the nation. Arizona Stadium has become hip and happening, a place to be and be seen. Wear the colors, by the way. New and improved are not catch phrases. Or slogans. Or pipe dreams. They are realities at the corner of Cherry and Vine. Change is brewing, and it couldn’t be more visible than at the Lowell-Stevens Football Facility, where there’s not a bad seat in the house. With the addition of new stadium turf and new paint and seal in the rest of the stadium, the whole thing is candy to the eyes. It’s brighter, has more pop.
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Brings New Era for Arizona Wildcats
By Steve Rivera
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