NORTH Melbourne coach Brad Scott expects his side will face pressure to perform now that it doesn't have the limitations of its former clubrooms and resources.

The Roos unveiled their new $15 million state-of-the-art facility at Arden Street on Monday afternoon, which has brought the administration and football department together for the first time in 20 years.

Its more prominent features include a theatrette, plunge pools, full basketball court, medical, kitchen and social areas, and a gymnasium with no expenses spared: a far cry from the sub-standard set-up the club worked out of until last Wednesday.

Since his appointment in August, Scott has said that the facility was a symbol of the high-performance attitude he wanted his players and staff to embrace and on Monday welcomed the scrutiny it would bring.

"It really does add a little bit of pressure to perform but I think that's a good thing," he said. "We play in an environment and an industry where pressure is part of it.

"We have equal opportunity if not better than most [clubs], so those excuses are gone. I think the players are going to thrive on the challenge."

Scott, an assistant coach at Collingwood for three years before he joined North, said his new club's facility was superior to the Lexus Centre, which has been the benchmark of the competition's training headquarters for most of this decade.

He agreed that he had arrived at North at the perfect time and even though he had seen the plans for the construction, said it wasn't a major factor in accepting the position.

"I'm very fortunate to bear the fruit of everyone else's labour," he said. "It's a very exciting time.

"The Lexus Centre is an extremely good facility. Modern technology really dictates that five years on, things are a little bit out of date. This facility certainly rates with anything I've seen in AFL footy."

Scott said some emphasis had been placed on access to weights and other gym equipment and that increasing the size and strength of his younger players would be a priority for 2010.

With the addition of six draftees on Thursday night, North now has 24 players on its list aged 21 or under.

"One of the things with a young list is the strength of the group isn't what it should be, by virtue of their age and maturity," Scott said.

"The weights in the gym are first class but it's [more about] what we want to implement.

"Perhaps the game has moved a long way since I played. Players are a lot fitter and probably quicker than ever, but strength is something that has dropped off a little bit so I'd be pretty keen for the guys to get a bit bigger and stronger."

Scott added that it was a massive boost for Ben Cunnington, Ryan Bastinac, Aaron Black, Jamie Macmillan, Ayden Kennedy and Brayden Norris to start their careers in a new facility, however, the effort was made to show them the old site on Friday.

"The bottom line is first-year players, new draftees, are a bit awe-struck anyway," he said.

"When Brent Harvey and Drew Petrie are showing them around, they're not taking much in. They're just pinching themselves a little bit."

The club will also be encouraged to redefine its famous Shinboner spirit - something that had been synonymous with a home so modest until now.