South of Packard Dr. Parking Structure:
The nationally known Minnesota design team of Andrea Myklebust and Stanton Sears integrated public art with architecture and landscape design. The plaza area in front of Packard Dr. Parking Structure features limestone columns and bronze sculpture inspired by the artists' trips to the nearby Desert Botanical Garden. Large-scale images of agave, prickly pear and other desert life adorn the 10-ft. columns, and numerous bronze insets that resemble the skin of the barrel cactus are inserted on the concert seat wall. The area gives both students and campus visitors an inviting place to meet, relax and hold pre-game gatherings.