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8/4/2011: Carver-Hawkeye Arena renovation photos

Posted on 04. Aug, 2011 by in Iowa Basketball

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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:

Fans walking through the main entrance will see a board that shows images of Iowa athletes in action.

The finishing touches are being put on the floor used for sporting events at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The inside of one of the new conference rooms put in place at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Iowa associate athletics director Jane Meyer guides the media through the room where all the BTN interviews will be shot.

The doors to the Iowa men's basketball suite, one of four such suites put in place at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The sign next to the doors of the Iowa men's basketball suite inside Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

Lockers inside the Iowa wrestling locker room at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.

The interior of what will be the Dan Gable Wrestling Complex at Carver-Hawkeye Arena once it's completed.

Theater seats set up in the middle of the Iowa volleyball locker room.

The interiors of a few lockers set up inside the Iowa volleyball locker room.

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.

The new practice facility has two basketball courts that could also become three separate volleyball courts.

The basketball courts inside the new practice facility have the new Big Ten logo incorporated in the painted area.

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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.

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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