A new Michigan State University sports arena will be the home for MSU’s volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling teams, athletic director Alan Haller said Saturday, a day after the Board of Trustees approved moving ahead with the project.
The plan is for the arena to be a 4,000- to 5,500-seat venue, though Haller said they’ll work to make sure it’s large enough to meet the minimum requirements for hosting Big Ten championships in those sports. Beyond that, he envisions a multi-use space that can also host the state finals in number of Michigan High School Athletic Association sports, as well concerts and other events in the Lansing area.
A new Michigan State University sports arena will be the home for MSU’s volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling teams, athletic director Alan Haller said Saturday, a day after the Board of Trustees approved moving ahead with the project.
The plan is for the arena to be a 4,000- to 5,500-seat venue, though Haller said they’ll work to make sure it’s large enough to meet the minimum requirements for hosting Big Ten championships in those sports. Beyond that, he envisions a multi-use space that can also host the state finals in number of Michigan High School Athletic Association sports, as well concerts and other events in the Lansing area.
Haller said he sees it as an arena for the community and campus, though it’s day-to-day function will be to give MSU’s volleyball, gymnastics and wrestling teams a modern space for competitions. It’ll also be the practice facility for at least MSU volleyball and gymnastics and potentially wrestling. [Lansing State Journal]
School administrators and a handful of varsity tennis players were the first to walk the tennis courts at Westfield High School on Friday morning, Sept. 6, after the students cut the ribbon on the new facility.
The courts were designed by SLR International Corp. and built by Mountain View Landscapes in Chicopee, which specializes in sports facility construction. Present at the ribbon cutting were architect Kevin Fuselier of SLR, and Sean Corrigan from Mountain View. [MassLive.com]
St. Luke School is putting the finishing touches on a new multi-purpose field.
Sherry Bunn, the Dean of Students and Athletic Director at St. Luke School says this field has been years in the making.
Bunn says the school, charities, families, and the community played a vital role in bringing the field into fruition.
“We’ve been very fortunate in the Columbus-Phenix City area to use other fields and other venues, but to have something ‘right’ on our own campus is pretty special,” says Bunn
Bunn hopes students make memories on the field that they can take with them.
Henry Adams, an eighth-grade football and soccer player shared with WRBL his reaction to the announcement of the new field. [WRBL]
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