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02-14-2008, 04:55 PM
Press Release (http://www.gwu.edu/~newsctr/pressrelease.cfm?ann_id=27526)
The interior upgrades will feature an academic center for student-athletes, improved general admission and club seating in the basketball arena, new locker rooms, remodeled office space to centralize athletic operations including those currently located elsewhere on campus, enhanced athletic training and weight room facilities, and a renovated natatorium (pool area). The exterior concepts include a dynamic new main entrance along 22nd Street, which will present a revitalized box office and concession concourse, and a new VIP entrance along F Street. The project is consistent with the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan and reinforces 22nd Street as the core of the campus. The renovation project is expected to take three years, during which time the building will remain open without interruption of planned events.
It doesn't sound like they are adding to the seating capacity (currently holds 5,000). But I guess it will look more like an arena and less like a high school gym. Should also be good for recruiting, which I suppose is good for the A-10 in general.
The interior upgrades will feature an academic center for student-athletes, improved general admission and club seating in the basketball arena, new locker rooms, remodeled office space to centralize athletic operations including those currently located elsewhere on campus, enhanced athletic training and weight room facilities, and a renovated natatorium (pool area). The exterior concepts include a dynamic new main entrance along 22nd Street, which will present a revitalized box office and concession concourse, and a new VIP entrance along F Street. The project is consistent with the 2007 Foggy Bottom Campus Plan and reinforces 22nd Street as the core of the campus. The renovation project is expected to take three years, during which time the building will remain open without interruption of planned events.
It doesn't sound like they are adding to the seating capacity (currently holds 5,000). But I guess it will look more like an arena and less like a high school gym. Should also be good for recruiting, which I suppose is good for the A-10 in general.