Nebraska officially opens the new Osborne Legacy Complex

The Nebraska athletic department held the grand opening for the Osborne Legacy Complex on Wednesday afternoon. The new facility was a $165 million construction project to create a state-of-the-art 315,000-square-foot home for Husker athletics. Per the Nebraska Athletic Fund website ,

The Osborne Legacy Complex is the new training home of Nebraska Football and includes the primary student-athlete dining center and academic center for all 22 sports. The 315,000 sq. ft. athletics performance facility is named in honor of legendary Coach Tom Osborne.

Tom Osborne coached at Nebraska for 25 seasons, from 1973 to 1998, and finished with a record of 255-49-3. As a head coach, he won 13 conference titles and three national championships. Athletic director Troy Dannen said the grand opening was a landmark event for Nebraska athletics.

“We will point back to the completion of this facility as a landmark event in everything that happens going forward.” Coach Osborne, it’s fitting that your name graces the building. Your life set a standard that we all still aspire to achieve. This building is the physical standard for what every will aspire to achieve.”

A statue of Osborne and quarterback Brook Berringer has been installed outside the building. Artist Fred Hoppe sculpted the statue, initially installed outside the Osborne Athletic Complex on the north side of Memorial Stadium in 2006.

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