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IMG Academy company history timeline

1981

The forerunner of IMG Academy, the Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy, is founded at the Colony Club on Longboat Key, before moving to its current location in 1981.

1987

Sports company IMG purchased the academy in 1987.

1999

The IMG Pendleton School was founded in 1999 as a co-educational, college preparatory school for athletic students.

2000

In 2000, the first major campus expansion takes place into what is now West Campus - four soccer fields, two baseball fields and a new golf complex.

2004

Forstmann Little acquired IMG in 2004 for $750 million and has overseen its expansion from an agency representing professional athletes to a global sports and marketing business.

2009

In 2009, Under Armour become a premier sponsor of IMG Academy.

2011

The auction of IMG had been widely anticipated for those in the industry following the November 2011 death of Forstmann Little co-founder Theodore J. Forstmann.

Then in 2011, Gatorade Sports Science Institute selects IMG Academy as the site of its satellite lab, and Gatorade also becomes a premier sponsor.

IMG Academy currently sits on 450 acres (180 ha) of land, and in 2011, IMG paid $7.5 million for an additional 110 acres (45 ha) adjacent to the current campus for future expansion.

2012

In 2012, the school changed its name to "IMG Academy". It delivers both academics and athletics.

2013

In 2013, construction is completed on Ascender Hall East adding more than 250 rooms for boarding school student-athletes and campers.

2014

Endeavor, which has owned IMG since 2014, is a global entertainment company whose holdings include William Morris, Hollywood's largest talent agency, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship.

In 2014, Endeavor acquired IMG, bringing IMG Academy into the Endeavor family.

In 2014, IMG purchased an additional 24 acres (9.7 ha). The land borders IMG's west campus, where the sports performance academy is undergoing a $198 million expansion.

2015

The next year, in 2015, our new Academic Center opened, quadrupling the size of on-campus facilities.

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1978
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