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THE UNIVERSITY OF Alabama recently spent $9 million (€6.8m) renovating its football facility.

Last week, they unveiled it in a video tour on the school athletic department website.

It’s spectacularly over the top. There are arcade games, pool tables, 30-foot-long hot tubs, and much more.

In big-time college football, having shiny new facilities is a huge recruiting tool. And it’s clear that Alabama included every bell and whistle they could find in order to woo the best high school players in the country. The school pulled in $82 million in football revenue last year, so it can afford it.

This thing is nuts.

The players lounge is basically a game room

There are pool tables

And an arcade

There are two 30ft-long baths

The fountains are an extravagent touch

There are TVs in the pool area

And just about everywhere else, too

The main meeting room looks like a lecture hall, but with fancy leather chairs

There are position-specific meeting rooms as well

The locker room itself got a huge revamp and the lockers are abnormally wide

The weight room features floor-to-ceiling windows

The facility is a huge recruiting tool. In the hallway there are the jerseys of every NFL 1st round pick from ‘Bama

Credit: Tide TV

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