Athletics and Agriculture—Today

The roads need to be repaved and improved along with signage and lights on campus. Parking needs improvement around the whole campus.

Athletics and Agriculture—Proposed Building and Campus Improvements

The Athletics and Agriculture neighborhood is defined by large-scale facilities, large-scale parking lots, and expansive views, all of which can continue to be leveraged as campus assets.

The Whitney Complex is the home for Alcorn’s Athletics and Physical Education programs, and contains recreation space that is used by the broader campus community. While the building is in fair condition overall, several large spaces are vacant and require renovation, including the natatorium. In addition, there is a need for indoor recreation space and enhanced event space, which have been considered in plans to renovate and expand the complex.

Upgrade indoor recreation facilities.

Provide tables in shaded or covered areas outside of each building complex area.

Despite perceptions of a deficiency of parking on campus, the Casem Stadium parking lot remains underutilized on most days. Coupled with an incentive program and safe and continuous pathways to surrounding areas of campus, this lot could better serve overall demand for parking while mitigating parking congestion in other areas across the campus.

Improving pedestrian connections along and across ASU Drive would help to slow vehicles while providing safer pedestrian travel routes through campus.

A separate Intercollegiate Athletics Master Plan will further explore needs and opportunities for the University’s athletic programs.

Priority Projects

Whitney Complex Renovation and Expansion, with Parking

Pedestrian Link connecting Stadium Parking to Campus Core

Updated Fans and Heaters in Athletic Facilities

Ten Year Plan

Hydroponics Greenhouse

ASU Drive Pedestrian Enhancements and Tree Clusters

Fisher Field Improvements for Soccer (e.g. new turf)

Long Term / Independent

Athletics Plaza and Stadium Trees

Secondary Campus Entrance at Extended Road

Enhanced and Expanded Sidewalk Network

Pedestrian Connection to Agricultural Science Building Street Trees along Secondary Entrance Drive

Lott and Revels Neighborhood Vision

The Lott and Revels student housing neighborhood is located immediately east of the campus core and is highly visible from ASU Drive. It is a vibrant and lively area activated by multiple amenities, providing a home for undergraduate students and fostering their sense of belonging, thus supporting the University’s enrollment and retention goals.

Renovations to the existing Lott and Revels Halls, along with the addition of a new student residence hall, generate a concentration of students to energize this neighborhood. Enhanced open spaces along ASU Drive provide opportunities for outdoor study spaces and recreation, while buffering the residence halls from traffic. A renovated parking lot behind the buildings meets the need for parking in this neighborhood, and serves as additional parking for the campus core.

Improved sidewalks and crosswalks help stitch the neighborhood together with the new outdoor social hub at the service station, across ASU Drive. The service station is a magnet for the campus community, accommodating increased food service, food truck capacity, and crowds of students. Clusters of trees and sheltered seating areas west of the service station provide shaded gathering spaces for students and staff using the intramural track or the adjacent SAFE center and the new athletics administration building.

Outdoor Living Room Precedent

Build a comfortable sidewalk and access drive for convenient pedestrian access to Core North from the parking lot

Renovate Lott and Revels Halls and utilize parking as remote parking for the Campus Core

Improve open spaces and pedestrian connections between the residence halls, service station, track, and Campus Core

Create a new outdoor social hub at the ASU Service Station

Build a new residence hall on the site of a former residence tower

Renovate Simmons Technology to advance innovative education

Service Station Precedent

Existing Buildings New Construction, 10 Year New Construction, Long-Term Campus Boundary County Line

Service Station Lawn Precedent

Build a wide, comfortable pedestrian path connecting remote parking to the Campus Core to encourage greater utilization

Lott and Revels Neighborhood—Today

Currently there are two student residence halls in this neighborhood, adjacent to a vacant former student housing site. Revels Hall is occupied and in need of renovations whereas Lott Hall lies vacant and requires more investment. Most of the infrastructure to service these sites is already in place, which creates the opportunity to add more housing cost-effectively.

The existing parking lots in front of the residence halls detract from the open space character along ASU Drive, and lots behind the buildings are underutilized. Consolidating parking and creating a direct connection to the campus core would help to mitigate parking congestion in the core.