USC Breaks Ground on Bloom Football Performance Center

LOS ANGELES – USC broke ground Thursday on the Bloom Football Performance Center, following the announcement of a $50 million gift from the Ronald H. Bloom family.

A state-of-the-art training facility, the Bloom Football Performance Center will serve as the new home of Trojan Football and allow USC Athletics to reimagine the John McKay Center to best serve its entire student-athlete population. It is also the centerpiece of the Athletics West capital projects, which include the construction of a new stadium for USC Baseball at Dedeaux Field and a golf program practice area. 

To date, five Cornerstone gifts of $10 million or more have lifted the fundraising total for the Athletics West projects to $157 million. These generous contributions include gifts from the Bloom Family, the Argyros Family Foundation, Robert and Perri Bishop, the Chad and Cari Peets Family, and others. In total, more than 30 contributors have helped push USC past 75% of the project’s $200 million fundraising goal. 

“Athletics West is transformational project that will serve our student-athletes, coaches, and staff for years to come,” said Charles Griffin Cale Director of Athletics Jen Cohen. “USC’s competitive spirit, passed down by generations of Trojans whose legacies still inspire our efforts, is unrivaled, and these projects, including the Bloom Football Performance Center, will continue to position USC Athletics among the nation’s elite. We are so incredibly grateful to the Bloom family and to all our generous donors who have made significant gifts to these projects, and we look forward to other supporters joining us as we work towards our fundraising goal.” 

The Bloom Football Performance Center, scheduled to open in summer 2026, includes two full-length outdoor practice fields – one turf and one natural grass – and a three-story building featuring state-of-the-art spaces dedicated to helping USC’s student-athletes reach their fullest potential in all aspects of life.