Wednesday, April 23, 2025 will mark the beginning of a new era for UConn Athletics with the official groundbreaking of The Bailey Student-Athlete Success Center on campus.
The 70-year-old field house complex in the heart of UConn Storrs will serve a new generation of Huskies with renovations to house several sports programs and support student-athletes' academic needs and well-being.
The Guyer Gymnasium on Hillside Avenue will be fully overhauled starting this spring, along with renovation of smaller spaces in the connecting Hugh S. Greer Field House and Wolff-Zackin Natatorium. [University of Connecticut]
The endeavor was jump-started by a separate $4 million donation, from an anonymous donor who offered it explicitly for a field house like the one Miller presented Tuesday night.
Plans have been unveiled for Ireland's first dedicated winter sports and entertainment arena.
The proposed €190m development is set to be located on an eight acre site in Cherrywood, south Dublin.
Prime Arena Holdings, the company behind the project, expects to submit planning documents by September.
Backed by DĂşn Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, it aims to become a permanent home for Dublin's first professional ice hockey franchise.
It will include two full-sized Olympic ice rinks, a 5,000-seat or 8,000 standing indoor arena and a high-performance training centre for elite athletes. [RTE]
Washington school district Activities Director Nathan Miller met with members of the Washington County Riverboat Foundation board Tuesday night, where he pitched a $4 million funding request for a massive indoor sports facility.
Renderings and concept art shared by Miller at the meeting showed a 60-yard indoor football turf, eight 45 m sprinting lanes, a 3,200 square foot weight room and a golf simulator room, among other amenities. The building would have myriad uses, from indoor practices during bad weather to a community event location to a place for students to train between games.
“This is a project that has been in thought for many, many years,” Miller said. “Having a facility like this really meets a lot of needs.” [Southeast Iowa Union]
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