Jaguars owner Shad Khan celebrated his 73rd birthday Tuesday by opening a new practice facility for the franchise in Downtown Jacksonville.
The Miller Electric Center will house the Jaguars’ practice fields, team offices and medical operations and will host the Jaguars' training camp beginning next week.
The center includes shaded stands on the south end of the facility for the public to view training camp when it begins July 26. Free tickets to camp can be acquired at jaguars.com/trainingcamp.
Jacksonville-based apparel company Fanatics will operate the Jaguars’ new team store at the center. The Miller Electric Center also will feature two concessions stands for the 12 training camp practices.
The $120 million facility was equally funded by the team and the City of Jacksonville.
Khan said the 125,000-square-foot facility is an example of proposals becoming reality in Jacksonville. He expects additional groundbreakings to take place throughout Downtown in the years ahead.
“The best is yet to come. Jacksonville is rising,” Khan said. “Our football team has great promise, and Downtown Jacksonville is beginning to fulfill its potential. The Miller Electric Center is emblematic of all this and more."
Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan agrees. She highlighted the team’s partnership with the city as well as the vision of both to uplift neighborhoods around the stadium and practice facility.
“The Jacksonville Renaissance is underway, and I am so glad to see the Jaguars playing such a big part in it,” Deegan says. “…This team has the power to bring us all together. And, indeed, it does. The Jaguars also remind us that we are a can-do city when we’re united. And, we’re working alongside each other to do big things.”
Jaguars officials have repeatedly stated the Miller Electric Center is the first step toward renovating TIAA Bank Field. With the team’s locker room, weight room and offices out of the stadium, it paves the way for renovations to begin whenever the team, the city and the National Football League agree to financing.