Just over halfway through their Return to Royalty season, the Utah Royals have unveiled a brand new, multimillion-dollar sports medicine and performance facility in a JWS exclusive.
At over 11,000 square feet, the NWSL-specific property boasts top-of-the-line weight and training rooms, including a dedicated hydrotherapy room complete with a sauna, which will include hot and cold tubs, plus a spacious locker room and players’ lounge, and weight and training room equipped with top-of-the-line equipment. The expansive new digs also have on-site childcare and lactation rooms.
As a part of Zions Bank Real Academy in Herriman, Utah, the new facility places the Royals on the same 42-acre campus as the other four Utah Soccer teams, including MLS’s Real Salt Lake. The campus features five natural-grass outdoor fields, two full-size indoor fields, as well as the 5,000-seat capacity Zions Bank Stadium.
When the space officially opens in a few weeks, it will be dedicated as the SharkNinja Performance Center after the global appliance company inked a multi-year naming rights deal.
The Royals’ new home is the latest in a small but growing collection of training facilities created specifically for women’s teams — and the NWSL is leading the way. Three other NWSL clubs — Racing Louisville and Houston Dash — also have dedicated team homes in complexes shared with men’s clubs, while the Orlando Pride the Kansas City Current both work out of their own exclusive facilities.
The post Utah Royals Unveil State-of-the-Art Training Facility appeared first on Just Women's Sports.