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Originally Posted by doozer  What are they building? |
The uber-sweet golf center ($2.4 mil) was finished in '04, and is among the top facilities in the country.
Soccer stadium ($8 mil) will be finished later this spring in time for the new men's soccer program that starts next year (we do have "futbol", lol). The field is already finished and is considered among the best playing fields in the country.
The ground breaking for the softball stadium ($5 mil) was just held last week.
Groundbreaking for the new baseball stadium will be this spring if the financial details are worked out. It will be a joint venture with Johnson City government and will house ETSU and the Johnson City Cardinals. The stadium will be first-class ($10 mil) with field turf, retail areas, etc. Picture if they had built Smokies Park in downtown Knoxville--thats what we're talking about.
New Facilties for Track and Field ($5 mil) and Tennis ($ 3.5 million) should also start sometime in '08. The tennis center will have 12 outdoor and 6 indoor courts, and honestly looks nicer than UT's.
The basketball arena is the last item on the list and will be completed whenever the funds are raised. The current plans are for a $33 million venue that willl seat between 5k-7k. Though details haven't been finalized...I would like some kind of mini-Conseco Fieldhouse that would help blend the downtown and campus architecture. Something like
Gonzaga's new arena.
Details about the whole ETSU Capital Campaign can be found
here.