The Fanning Center (Named after alumnus Thomas Fanning, a $85 million project) is expected to be completed in 2026. Demolition of the Edge Center has not yet begun, although work to clear and prep the interior of that building has been well underway.

On Monday, Georgia Tech and Tech athletics held a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Dr. Thomas A. Fanning Student-Athlete Performance Center.

The Fanning Center, to be constructed in Bobby Dodd Stadium’s northeast corner on the current site of the Edge Center, was approved by the Georgia board of regents in 2022. It was named for alumnus Thomas Fanning, who was present at the ceremony in the President’s Suite in the Bill Moore Student Success Center in Bobby Dodd Stadium.

Tech athletic director J Batt said more than $85 million, “100 percent charitably gifted from generous individuals, partners and all sorts of leaders across our Georgia Tech athletics community,” was raised for the 100,000 square foot facility which will house offices and meeting spaces and a player’s lounge for the football program, as well as strength and conditioning space, a dining hall, nutrition rooms, sports science and data analytics areas and sports medicine and recovery rooms.

“This groundbreaking is for a building that will have an incredible impact on all of our student-athletes,” Batt said. “It is, in today’s changing environment, a statement about Georgia Tech athletics and what it means to our student-athletes. This facility will offer the top tier of care for sports medicine, sports science, strength and conditioning, nutrition, mental health support. It is a priority as we continue to grow and rebuild Georgia Tech athletics, that our student-athletes and their care and their development is at the very foundation of everything we do.”

Batt, Fanning, Tech president Angel Cabrera and Tech football coach Brent Key all spoke at the event which was attended by such dignitaries as Tech baseball coach Danny Hall, former Tech president Bud Peterson and former Tech basketball legend Brian Oliver. Oliver works for DPR Construction which is charged with erecting the Fanning Center.

The Fanning project is expected to be completed in 2026. Demolition of the Edge Center has not yet begun, although work to clear and prep the interior of that building has been well underway.

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