UAB Opens New Football Offices and Practice Facility

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UAB Blazer fans celebrated Friday as university and community leaders cut the ribbon on the football team’s new operations center and Legacy Pavilion. The $22.5 million  facility is a major milestone for a program that university officials cut in December 2014, only to revive it six months later after an outcry from alumni and the Birmingham community.

UAB will kick off the season at Legion Field against Alabama A&M on September 2nd.

 

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