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Take an inside look at the FSU men's and women's golf facilities. Wayne McGahee III/Democrat

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The football-only facility and Dick Howser Stadium are the two major facility upgrades that Florida State is undergoing.

However, other sports will also be receiving upgrades to their facilities in the coming years.

The Don Veller Seminole Golf Course — where both the men's and women's golf teams play — is going to be reconstructed by Nicklaus Design, which is run by golf legend Jack Nicklaus and his son Jack Nicklaus Jr. 

Nicklaus Jr. is leading the design team for the renovations.

"We’re still looking at the golf project with the Nicklaus design team with the hop -  but not a guarantee because we still have to raise some money - that we can start to do something this fall," said FSU Deputy Athletics Director for External Operations Karl Hicks.

"To time the construction on a golf course with grass growing season in Florida, you have to start construction sometime between September and November to ensure the course is ready to be played the following fall."

The design for the course has been completed, but that doesn't mean that it will be exactly like the completed project.

“There’s a plan in place for the 18 holes, but when they start doing the course, Jack or his son will come out and make small changes depending on what they see," FSU Associate Athletics Director for Facilities and Event Management Bernie Waxman, who is leading the project for FSU, told the Tallahassee Democrat.

The project is going to cost FSU roughly $10 million -- $6 million for the course and $4 million for the clubhouse and practice area -- but the fundraising is almost complete.

“We’re very close," Waxman said. 

"We are hopeful that within a couple of weeks we’ll be able to reach our goal.”

In addition to golf, FSU basketball, softball, and soccer will also be receiving upgrades while swimming and diving, beach volleyball, and track and field receive new scoreboards.

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Softball and soccer will also be receiving new scoreboards, but both venues will also be receiving shading enhancements. 

The Seminole Softball Complex will also be undergoing significant changes.

FSU is increasing the width and depth of the dugouts, and building out the practice deck so that the program can have its own hospitality area. 

The Tucker Civic Center -- where both the FSU men's and women's basketball programs play -- is getting a players lounge on the second floor. 

“It’s a meeting space. It’s a hospitality space," Hicks said. 

"The women had talked about having a video breakdown area. It will be a really nice amenity for both teams. Fans won’t necessarily see that, but people that are coming into the program will because they’ll be visiting the coaches there.”

It's the second phase of the process of renovating the Tucker Center. The first saw a complete redesign of the inside of the arena as well as new locker rooms for both teams.

All facilities will be undergoing wiring changes as FSU prepares for the launch of the ACC network in 2019.

The facilities will be getting fiber optic cable to help with the HD signals that will be coming back to Seminole Production's command center in the Coyle E. Moore Athletic Center.

FSU will also be adding extra camera platforms for the different venues.

“We’re already operating a quasi-television network," Hicks said. 

"The quasi-television network that we’re operating right now is mostly digital and board shows. We’re producing things for ESPN 3 and ACC Network Extra and we will be morphing to one that’s going to produce events for cable distribution."

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