On a day that members of Georgia’s athletic board were given a tour of the now completed $68.2 million Sanford Stadium renovations and a dedication ceremony was held, they were later told about a new timeline for upgrades coming to Stegeman Coliseum.

The home of the men’s and women’s basketball teams as well as gymnastics and volleyball is taking a slower approach, athletic director Josh Brooks said Friday afternoon at the fall board meeting at the Georgia Center.

The new 6,000 square foot video board and new premium areas have been moved to phase two of Stegeman improvements and won’t be ready for the 2025-2026 season now.

Georgia said it will have lighting and sound upgrades for that season with a design study now underway. The timeline for Phase 2 now is to be determined. The massive new videoboard was to replace the center-hung scoreboard.

Athletic director Josh Brooks said the delay was due to changes in college athletics with an eye on revenue sharing with athletes starting in fall 2025.

Georgia is still planning to start expansion of its football practice fields in January of 2026 at the site of the current Spec Towns Track when the new $59.8 million track facility on South Milledge Avenue is completed.

That will give Georgia natural grass football fields side-by-side, something coach Kirby Smart has desired.

Meanwhile, baseball’s Foley Field which is undergoing major renovations as part of its facility improvements this offseason is changing from grass to artificial turf for the entire field at the suggestion of coach Wes Johnson.

“That’s a focus on efficiency when we talk about practicing day-to-day not having to tarp a field, maintain a field,” Brooks said. “Coach Johnson, he’s a lot like Kirby Smart. He’s focused on every minute he can be efficient throughout the day.”

The team is holding workouts this fall at Athens Academy since it’s displaced from Foley which is expected to be ready in time for the start of the season in February.

Georgia’s athletic board also Friday went into executive session for 22 minutes to discuss “attorney/client privilege.”

Georgia and former recruiting staffer Victoria “Tory” Bowles, who sustained significant injuries in the fatal crash that killed two from the football program, reached a settlement in her litigation against the Athletic Association last week.

UGA president Jere Morehead declined to comment on whether the executive session was related to that or litigation from the family of former offensive lineman Devin Willock who was killed in the Jan. 15, 2023 crash in Athens.

“I’m not going to comment on ongoing litigation,” Brooks said.

This article originally appeared on Athens Banner-Herald: Updates on UGA athletic facility plans including basketball, football