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Nebraska Athletics to Pay Nearly $2.8 Million to Use Youth Complex Fields

Husker baseball and softball will have additional practice fields, set to open in 2025. The cost over the next decade will be nearly $2.8 million.

Kaleb Henry

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The price tag for Nebraska Athletics to use new practice fields over the next decade will be nearly $2.8 million.

That's according to Margaret Reist of the Lincoln Journal Star in her story about the Sandhills Global Youth Complex. The complex will have a total of eight fields.

NU will convert one of the fields to collegiate level standards for nearly $700,000. There will also be an annual payment of $200,000 for field usage and up to $10,000 a year for field maintenance and equipment storage.

Last month, the University of Nebraska signed a 10-year agreement to utilize the facility for practices for NU baseball and softball.

"Nebraska Athletics is pleased to partner with the Sandhills Global Youth Complex on an agreement to provide additional practice space for our Husker baseball and softball programs," NU athletic director Troy Dannen said when the agreement was announced.

Reist says the Huskers will have priority use of the upgraded field from Jan. 1 through March 10 then Aug. 20 through Dec. 7. They'll also be able to use one of the other fields when available.

The complex is anticipated to open in 2025 at First Street and Cornhusker Highway, north of Oak Lake Park.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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