(05-10-2022 09:53 AM)3xTribe Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 09:20 AM)mrjoolius Wrote:  

(05-10-2022 06:22 AM)bubbadog57 Wrote:  A very well done and inspiring event before a large crowd of several hundred. Entire talks lasted less than an hour and were very on point
and good.

It appears construction will start almost immediately on the to-be-connected to Kaplan Arena practice facility building which will also incorporate another, brand new weight room facility and a health/medical annex. Tennis court redo with new court surface, new stands, tennis center also will start up this spring.

No date given. but Kaplan Arena work on new sound and lighting systems, coaches' offices and new locker and meeting rooms, plus a modern large tv screen/scoreboard/video will begin this summer.

Final stage...complete redo of Kaplan: seating configurations, restaurants/food, etc. will start later (it appears depending of raising the final 10+ million). All stages planned to be completed by 2024.

Very complete vision/plan and I just have the feeling that Brian Mann will get it all done and W&M will have a world-class facility.

https://www.wavy.com/sports/william-mary...n-project/

"Phase one of the project, which includes a new video board along with sound a lightning, should be completed by the Summer of 2023. The entire project is expected to finish by 2024."

Seems mighty ambitious for this all to be concluded in such a reasonably short turnaround. Delays are synonymous with construction projects.

Stupid question, but how long does it take to install a video board?

I believe that I have read on these boards several times over the years that the current ceiling in Kaplan could not accommodate a new scoreboard even though money had been set aside for the scoreboard itself. My guess is that they are going to have to completely redo the ceiling to the way that it is going to look when the complete makeover is completed in order to give us the new scoreboard and sound system ahead of time. I am just hoping to live long enough that I can actually understand one thing that the PA announcer is saying besides the starting lineup.