The Indiana Pacers’ new $50 million practice facility, the St. Vincent Center, officially opens for business on Monday, August 28. - The organization will hold a ribbon cutting at 1:15 pm on Thursday (Aug. 24) with local dignitaries: Governor Eric Holcomb, Mayor Joe Hogsett, and team officials. - Many members of the Pacers’ basketball operations staff are already working out of the St. Vincent Center, a state-of-the-art 130,000-square-foot facility featuring two basketball courts, a sizable training and weight room upgrade, a barbershop, and more. - PHOTOS: Visual update from August 7 - Floors 4 and 5 of this facility, which was privately financed, will be for St. Vincent’s use. It is open to the public with primary care services, preventive care, and they will offer cardiovascular services. - On this podcast, I visited with Ralph Reiff, the Executive Director of St. Vincent Sports Performance. If there’s a major sporting event in Indianapolis, like the Final Four, Big Ten Football Championship, and Swimming & Diving Championships, Reiff is on site and overseeing the training staff. - Remember Louisville’s Kevin Ware suffering a serious leg injury? Reiff was right there. - St. Vincent’s logo already appears on the Pacers’ practice jerseys, and it is all over the basket stanchions. As I previously reported, one basketball court at the practice facility is named “Bobby ‘Slick’ Leonard Court” and the other is “Donnie Walsh Court.” - Northwest moving crew. Excited for a new location but sad to say goodbye to this place! 16 great years of work with amazing people #SVSPFam pic.twitter.com/UIeZSWvnfc— St. Vincent Sports (@DefiningSports) August 18, 2017 - On Friday, St. Vincent will hold an open house on their floors from 11:00 am to 1:30pm. Parking is available on the top level of the Virginia Avenue Garage. - - Subscribe to the Pacers Podcast on Apple Podcasts. - I welcome your questions and comments @ScottAgness on Twitter or via email. - Topics Discussed: - - * How St. Vincent became the name partner of the Pacers’ practice facility - * The partnership that will exist between SVSP and the team - * Growth within sports performance - * Services opened to the public at the St. Vincent Center