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Jaguars open doors to new Miller Electric Center practice facility

Jaguars coach Doug Pederson says he can’t wait to see players’ reaction when they walk into the Miller Electric Center for the first time.

The Jacksonville Jaguars officially opened the doors to their brand new practice facility, the Miller Electric Center, with a ribbon cutting ceremony Tuesday.

“When we walk in this thing every single day, it brings pride, it brings joy, it brings fulfillment,” Jaguars coach Doug Pederson said of the facility at the ceremony.

“I can’t wait to see our players this Friday and next Tuesday when they report [for training camp] to walk into this building. Some have already seen it, and just to see the smile on their face to have a beautiful practice field out here to host training camp and many other events, I’m just so excited for that.”

Included in the facility are two outdoor practice fields, one indoor field, a weight room, a locker room, and meeting rooms.

Fans will get a chance to see the new facility on Wednesday, July 26 when it’ll be open for the first of 13 open practices during training camp.

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Jaguars president Mark Lamping not surprised by rat problem

Jaguars president Mark Lamping wasn’t surprised by the team’s rat problem or its horrible grades from the NFLPA, but he says solutions are on the way.

Many were shocked when an NFLPA survey revealed earlier this week that players on the Jacksonville Jaguars complained about a rat infestation in the team’s locker room during the 2022 season. Team president Mark Lamping, however, was not among those taken aback by the D-minus grades given by the NFLPA for the state of the team’s locker room and training room.

“I wasn’t surprised at all by the score,” Lamping told First Coast News on Thursday. “In fact, we’ve known about it for quite some time and we have a lot of work to do on this facility.

“If you look at the teams that scored the highest, they all had the same thing in common: There are new stadiums and new training facilities.”

The Jaguars hope the issue will be partly solved by Miller Electric Center, the team’s new training facility due to open this summer. Lamping also hopes that the new facility will set the stage for TIAA Bank Field, which he described as “substandard by NFL measures,” to get necessary renovations.

While the team is still working through designs for a facelift for the stadium, the expected cost is reportedly in the $600 million to $1 billion range.

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