The University of Regina Rams have been affiliated with the school since 1999, but they have finally shifted their entire operation to the University's campus. After years of having their offices in a University of Regina building on College Avenue, and decades of having their practice facility at Scotty Livingstone Field, the Rams have moved into the new Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sports. The Rams' area in the Centre for Kinesiology, Health and Sports covers nearly 9,600 square feet at the southeast corner of the $31.6-million building. The area features a sizable University of Regina Athletes weight room for which the Rams provided the machines from the previous clubhouse at Scotty Livingstone Field. This new weight room is equipped with Olympic free weights, Nautilus-type weight machines, Stairmaster and stationary bike. Televisions, stereos and computer terminals - on which players and coaches can track the athletes' progress - are also in the room.

Down the hall from the weightroom is the Team's main office. Offices for the Head Coach, Offensive Co-ordinator, Defensive Co-ordinator and Marketing Coordinator, as well as a Coaches' meeting room are located here. Continuing down the hall from the offices is the trainers' room, which is estimated to be three times as large as the one at Scotty Livingstone Field, and the equipment manager's room, which is twice the size of its predecessor.

Located across from those rooms is a 2,500-square-foot locker room - that is guaranteed to be the envy of other teams. The room features 68 lockers, including 10 which are six inches wider than the others. These larger lockers are for the team's 300-pound linemen. A folding wall divides the room in half, creating meeting rooms for the offence and defence squads. Each half contains a big-screen TV and a VCR for film work. Adjoined to the locker room is a large sauna for the Ram's players to use after practices and games. The last major area is a directors' room, which features a big-screen TV and a patio. The Rams will use that room to house all of their memorabilia and to stage functions, as well as host the director meetings.

By walking out the south door and crossing a parking lot and a street, the Rams will reach their fully lit practice field. Later this fall, a Sportexe playing surface is to be laid on another practice field - and that is to be the Rams' home. Until its completion, the Rams will continue to play all of their home games at Taylor Field.

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