8/4/2011: Carver-Hawkeye Arena renovation photos
Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by admin in Iowa Basketball
By Brendan Stiles
HawkeyeDrive.com
IOWA CITY, Iowa — The Iowa athletics department conducted a media tour Thursday morning of Carver-Hawkeye Arena, as the finishing touches are being done on the renovations that have taken place over the past year.
Below are some photos taken during Thursday’s tour:
![Carver tour #1](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20370-300x168.jpg)
Fans walking through the main entrance will see a board that shows images of Iowa athletes in action.
![Carver tour #4](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20373-300x168.jpg)
Iowa associate athletics director Jane Meyer guides the media through the room where all the BTN interviews will be shot.
![Carver tour #5](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20374-300x168.jpg)
The doors to the Iowa men's basketball suite, one of four such suites put in place at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
![Carver tour #8](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20377-300x168.jpg)
The interior of what will be the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex at Carver-Hawkeye Arena once it's completed.
![Carver tour #11](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20380-300x168.jpg)
The interior of the new Strength and Conditioning room, which was expanded from 1,800 square feet to 11,000 square feet as part of the renovations.
![Carver tour #12](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20381-300x168.jpg)
The new practice facility has two basketball courts that could also become three separate volleyball courts.
![Carver tour #13](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20382-300x168.jpg)
The basketball courts inside the new practice facility have the new Big Ten logo incorporated in the painted area.
![VID20383 Carver tour #14](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20383-300x168.jpg)
A black Tiger hawk will be displayed at midcourt of Carver-Hawkeye Arena like it is here at the center of one of the practice floors.
![Carver tour #15](http://hawkeyedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/VID20384-300x168.jpg)
The end of the tour coincided with the women's basketball team holding an open practice Thursday before it heads off on its European tour next week.
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