Accessing the Bergstrom Indoor Training Facility will be business as usual for the ISU football, soccer, softball and golf teams this spring, aside from a temporary closure of the walkway from the Jacobson Athletic Building.

The facility, which is located northwest of Jack Trice Stadium, is in the midst of construction of a $20.6 million addition that will include new offices, meeting rooms and a weight room adjacent to the current Bergstrom facility.

The new complex, which is being paid for through bonds and private money, was approved by the Iowa Board of Regents in June 2011 and began construction this past fall.

“From both a daily operational standpoint as well as a recruiting perspective, the new facility is a major upgrade for our football team,” Athletic Director Jamie Pollard said in a statement in June.

The facility will be enclosed early this spring, which puts the project on schedule for the opening of the facility in “mid-fall” of 2012, said Chris Jorgensen, senior associate athletic director for facilities, planning and management.

“During the entire construction process, one of our goals was to keep the Bergstrom [facility] completely operational and, for the most part, we’ve been able to do just that,” Jorgensen said.

On Feb. 11-12, the season-opening tournament for the ISU softball team was closed to the public due to a lack of parking because construction had prohibited use of the parking lot between the Jacobson Athletic Building and the Bergstrom facility.

That, however, was an unforeseen event as the tournament was originally scheduled to take place at Northern Iowa.

Jorgensen said there will be a period of time where the path from the Jacobson Athletic Building to the Bergstrom facility will be out of service, but an entry path from the north will likely be made.

On Jan. 17, the ISU athletic department released a virtual tour of what the new facility will look like. That video can be seen on cyclones.com.

“We created that so football could have something for recruiting, our support staff had something that we could share with donors and, most importantly, it was something that our fans could see,” Jorgensen said of the virtual tour. “I thought it turned out great and I’m sure the building will live up to all of our expectations.”

Iowa State will host both its football pro day and first day of spring football practice on March 20.