Construction began in April 2023 on the 110,000-square-foot Grizzly Indoor Practice Facility located on the south end of the River Bowl fields. The estimated completion of the facility is fall 2023.
The Indoor Practice Facility will be covered with an inflatable roof that will be the first of its kind in the Big Sky Conference. In total, the facility will include a regulation-size synthetic football field, four 150-yard sprint lanes for track athletes and two long-jump pits, two pole vault bars and a hammer, javelin, discus and shot-put area for field athletes. The facility also will house winter practices for Grizzly soccer and softball teams.
As part of the project, UM also will construct a permanent structure that will connect to the indoor practice facility to house a lobby, restrooms, storage rooms and mechanical space.
During the duration of construction, parking lots M and M-1 adjacent to the River Bowl fields will be partially impacted.