Report: Alabama planning 10-year, $600 million athletics facility upgrade

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Georgia football coach Kirby Smart speaks to reporters in Athens, Ga., Tuesday, Aug.. 7, 2018. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP) Alabama head coach Nick Saban throws a pass during a NCAA college football practice, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill) Mississippi wide receiver A.J. Brown is interviewed during NCAA college football media day at the Manning Center in Oxford, Miss., Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018. (Bruce Newman/The Oxford Eagle via AP) Georgia quarterback Jake Fromm (11) looks on during an NCAA college football practice in Athens, Ga., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018. (Joshua L. Jones/Athens Banner-Herald via AP) FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2018, file photo, Alabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis (99) gestures after a stop in the first half of the Sugar Bowl NCAA college football game against Clemson in New Orleans. Alabama’s Raekwon Davis, who had 10 tackles for loss last season and seems primed to be just the next in a long line of dominant defenders for Nick Saban. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

By Juliakate E Culpepper

Aug 16, 2018

The University of Alabama is planning a 10-year, $600 million athletics facility upgrade, the AL.cm's Michael Casagrande reported Thursday.

In two tweets, Casagrande reported the cost surrounding the changes and that football coach Nick Saban and his wife Terry were contributing $1 million to the effort.

The proposed upgrades include “major changes” to Bryant-Denny Stadium and Coleman Coliseum, Casagrande reported.

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