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08/31/2026

Go inside Arizona Men's Golf and Arizona Women's Golf’s $15 million home… in the desert. 🌵⛳️

Our newest “Royal Key” facility tour takes you behind the scenes of the William M. “Bill” Clements Golf Center in Tucson, where Arizona Athletics has created an environment built specifically around how its golfers train, develop and prepare to compete.

Watch the full Arizona Golf “Royal Key” now on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAORwMEdX_Q

08/12/2026

The return of Ted Lasso was filmed at one of soccer’s most significant new stadiums. ⚽️🎬

The $117 million CPKC Stadium - home of the KC Current and the world’s first stadium purpose-built for a women’s professional sports team - appears in the Season 4 premiere.

The production even blended real Kansas City Current match footage with scenes filmed at the stadium.

Now, a venue that already made sports history has a Hollywood credit, too.

See our full tour of CPKC Stadium on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/wsLbq_1NmNw?is=QWSmaTF97fVwS-mQ

08/11/2026

This may be one of the most exclusive game day experiences in all of college sports. 👀🏟️

Inside the renovated Doak Campbell Stadium, Florida State Seminoles Football has taken premium hospitality to another level, including a Founder’s Suite Lounge reserved for just eight patrons. We go inside the lounge, club, suites and Founder’s Loge Lounge while exploring the design thinking behind this new era of Doak Campbell Stadium.

Watch the full Florida State Football Royal Key tour - including a BTS look of the Florida State Seminoles’ Dunlap Football Center - on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/j26JvqNJOpY?is=TW7nMPywMEjS8pEq

08/06/2026

At Florida State University, the team built their hydrotherapy area around pools. They get more athletes recovering at once, and we love seeing how it’s working for them!

08/06/2026

😮 Marquette University built a complete student wellness ecosystem. 🏋️‍♀️🩺

The university’s new $80M, 195,000-square-foot Wellness + Helfaer Recreation facility combines fitness, recreation, medical care, counseling, health promotion and student gathering spaces within one connected destination.

From courts, aquatics, tennis, and strength training to medical exam rooms, meditation spaces, and counseling services, the building was designed to support students physically, mentally, and emotionally.

Watch our full “Royal Key” facility tour on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/5eRhtKL4oq8?is=GBEIN-r0E116I1W8

08/06/2026

The fastest pitch isn't always the best pitch. ⚾

Inside the Wake Forest Baseball Pitching Lab, advanced biomechanics and motion capture technology help pitchers better understand their mechanics, improve efficiency and optimize performance.

Trusted by all 30 MLB organizations and open to the public, it's become one of baseball's leading destinations for pitching evaluation.

Watch our full tour on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGu5EJpibVA&t=115s

08/06/2026

Every great facility begins with one question: Why build something new? 🎥

For SMU Mustangs, the answer became Mustang Vision Studios, a $23 million investment that transformed the university's media operation into one of the premier content creation environments in college athletics.

In this conversation, the team behind the project explains why they outgrew their previous production space, what they wanted to preserve, and how they created a facility that feels unmistakably SMU.

Watch the full tour of Mustang Vision Studios on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/DKg4qqzJKAM?is=JekhP3itu09hQdcX

08/05/2026

Not every part of an elite football facility is designed to make athletes work harder. 🌴🐊

Just outside Florida Gators Football’s James W. Heavener Football Training Center sits an oasis in the form of a resort-style outdoor retreat featuring a 65,000-gallon pool, basketball court and gathering spaces where student-athletes can recover, recharge and build team chemistry away from the demands of football.

Watch our full Royal Key tour of Florida Football's facility on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/QqoFgtiLJaw?si=slJ5q8AKg4hkQcdM

08/03/2026

Some of the best architectural decisions aren't the loudest - they're the most timeless. 🪨🏟️

When designing $187M Lee & Penny Anderson Arena, the University of St. Thomas selected Kasota Stone, a locally quarried Minnesota limestone that began forming roughly 450 million years ago.

The decision wasn't simply about appearance. It was about creating a modern Division I arena - for St. Thomas Athletics that feels connected to the university's historic campus and the architectural identity of Minnesota.

Watch the full “Royal Key” facility tour on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnJ2DrUb01A&t=912s

The best facilities aren't defined by trends. They're defined by how well they solve the everyday demands of a program.O...
08/03/2026

The best facilities aren't defined by trends. They're defined by how well they solve the everyday demands of a program.

Opened in August 2019, Fighting Illini Football’s 107,650-square-foot Henry Dale & Betty Smith Football Performance Center transformed how the Fighting Illini operate by bringing training, recovery, nutrition, sports medicine, meetings and player development together under one roof while connecting directly to Memorial Stadium and the indoor practice facility.

Now, seven years later, many of the design decisions that made the facility stand out continue to serve as benchmarks for the next generation of college football facilities.

Some buildings age. Others simply prove they were ahead of their time.
Watch our full “Royal Key” tour of Illinois Football's facility on the Sports Dissected YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cebTcTC-R8w&t=6s

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