https://wvusports.com/news/2018/8/2/...ng-higher.aspx
WVU announced new sports master plan. The price tag will be around 100 Million dollars but they are hoping to raise all of the money to pay for it instead of taking out bonds like the last round of upgrades. The fundraising/capitol improvement campaign will be done through the MAC and is being called "Climbing Higher".
There are photos of the planned facilities and improvements at the link. Below are some excerpts from the article.
"It is ambitious. It is aggressive and it is also unprecedented in its scope and detail during WVU's long and accomplished athletic history"
"Milan Puskar Center Complex - $55 million - Lyons said the next phase for the Puskar Center includes expansion of the academic center, team locker room, student-athlete lounge, Hall of Traditions, equipment room, coaches' offices, team meeting rooms and the visiting locker room to increase the facility's overall square footage to nearly 110,000 square feet, an increase of roughly 22,000 square feet. Lyons said plans call for a 5,000-square-foot increase in size to the team locker room, which will include part of the existing visiting team locker room, and constructing a new visiting locker room. Another key aspect of this project is the installation of a modernized ventilation system. Plans call for the popular Hall of Traditions to be moved to the front of the Puskar Center, similar to the way basketball's Hall of Traditions is situated at the Basketball Practice Facility, making it accessible to Mountaineer fans visiting the stadium."
"WVU Coliseum Complex - $35 million - This round of enhancements includes the replacement of the Coliseum red apron as well as interior improvements, upgraded lighting, a new video board and premium floor-level seating underneath the basket which eventually will also include a media work area. Behind the Coliseum, Lyons envisions a completely renovated WVU Natatorium, WVU Shell Building and Cary Gym to aesthetically tie into the Coliseum and the Basketball Practice Facility. Inside the Natatorium, the diving well and swimming pool will be transformed into an Olympic sports weight room and training center, servicing more than 350 student-athletes. The design calls for an open-air, two-level configuration with an aerobic area and student-athlete lounge on the second level where the swimming offices are currently located. Outside of the Natatorium, attractive landscaping, a newly designed tiered-walkway and additional lighting will finally transform the entire Coliseum complex into one uniform look of which all Mountaineers will be proud. Down at the Shell Building, a new indoor track surface, lighting and painting will bring the facility in line with modern competition standards. The back wall near Hawley Field will be replaced and extended to provide additional space for the WVU rowing team to properly store its equipment. The area where the outdoor track sits will become additional parking for athletic events totaling approximately
500 additional parking spaces, these spaces becoming available with the opening of the aquatics and track complex. Lyons said
Hawley Field will remain vacant for now. "
We've put needs ahead of wants," he said. "
Whatever would go in the Hawley Field area would be a want at this point.""The whole front of the Natatorium and Shell Building will change," Lyons said. "When our swimming and diving teams move out to the new Aquatic Center at Mylan Park in 2019 this will give us an opportunity to turn the Natatorium into our new weight and training center for our Olympic sports athletes.""
Cary Gym - $5 million - "Adding more training space, a new training room, an upgraded locker room, student-athlete lounge and study area, team meeting room, cardio and rehab area and space for additional storage. "Improvements will add a new front entrance to Cary Gym which will match a lot of the things we're planning to do on the other side of the complex," Lyons explained."
WVU Golf Complex - Approx. $5 million - "Several alternatives have been explored and the best solution Lyons' group came up with was to enter into a lease-to-purchase agreement with White Day Golf Course, located just south of Morgantown about a 14-minute drive from campus. The proposed WVU Golf Complex includes a team clubhouse and locker room, six indoor hitting bays, driving range, short-game area, putting green and a modified six-hole course providing the team with 27 different hole configurations."
I wonder what the "want" is that Lyson's speaks about for the Hawley Field location.
The 500 additional parking spaces will be needed since the DOH is getting ready to remove the ability (permanently) to park along Mon Blvd with the road work that is going to be starting soon.
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