Also in that email
Anybody know or heard of this guy? Not exactly what I envisioned for someone overseeing fundraising, but let’s hope it all works out.Not athletics but should be interesting to see what he can do.
MTSU Names Mark Clark Executive Director of Development
Middle Tennessee State University has named Mark Clark executive director for development, a position responsible for leading fundraising efforts for the university.wilsoncountysource.com
Awesome! I was beginning to wonder when they were going to break ground on this facility. Question - Is it supposed to be completed this year or in 2024?
Oh, at least 24. It'll mean temporarily moving the weight room to Murphy, tearing down that whole building, the upper endzone bleachers. And that is before they can even really start.
Aside from a couple tennis courts, is 2009 the last major athletic construction project we have completed?
On campus, yes I think so. Golf clubhouse was built at The Grove in 2021. Indoor tennis with the city was built in 2015. Outdoor tennis is of course under construction now at a whopping $7m.
Right there with ya.
I've wondered the same thing of why the cost is so high. I know they are putting a track in it too since that is coming out of Murphy but it seems really high for what essentially is a prefab metal building with some brick veneer.I saw this article. We could easily do this for a fraction of the cost (our cost is supposed to be 15million). The entire project at Richar Siegel Park was 14 million and that’s with wayyyy more being down than just this facility (see notes below).
- Nine new synthetic turf fields located at the 16-field complex.
- Indoor soccer training facility.
- Increased seating at the Championship Field, along with drainage improvements.
- Office and classroom space.
- Improvement to the Jordan Farm Practice Fields with restrooms and lighting.
- Recruitment of regional and national tournaments and events to the City with the goal of 20,000 hotel event-associated room nights for such events.
- City control of the operations and scheduling of the facility.
- City retention of revenues associated with rental and usage of the facility.
- TSSA priority usage of the facility.
- Relocation of TSSA headquarters to the facility with lease agreement for office space.
Yeah that’s all I can think of. The one at RSP is including hvac so it cannot be that much.
I knew it was dead last in the priorities. The thing I would like to know from the images I have seen where is the indoor track going(?) that apparently is being given up in the Murphy Center phase renovation?????
Track is going in the IPF.
That's great if correct. The only rendering of the IPF (inside) I have seen is of football field with no track around it. They could eliminate the question if they provided a rendering with the track.
I'd say closer to 5.
