Source: uwire.com --- Thursday, August 27, 2015
UCLA broke ground Thursday on two facilities that members of the athletic department vow will change the course of three prominent school sport programs: football and men’s and women’s Basketball. Fundraising campaigns for the The Mo Ostin Basketball Center and the Wasserman Football Center began less than two years ago as part of the campus-wide UCLA Centennial Campaign. Casey Wasserman was on hand Thursday to wield the ceremonial shovel, making his mark on the land designated for the $65 million facility across from Spaulding Field. Wasserman graduated from UCLA in 1996 and went on to become a force in professional sports, building the Wasserman Media Group. His company represents many professional athletes, including UCLA Basketball alumnus Russell Westbrook of the Oklahoma City Thunder. “Success is a multifaceted endeavor,” Wasserman said, praising the work of coaches Cori Close, Steve Alford, and Jim Mora. “To be able to contribute more to that effort by creating facilities that allow someday to bring that culture permanently to the student athletes that will attend this university forever is something I couldn’t be more proud of.” The football center will feature a strength and conditioning center with training rooms tailored specifically to football training, as well as a locker room, players’ lounge, equipment room and offices. Notable donors include UCLA football alum Troy Aikman, who donated $1 million to the project an ...
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