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(07-01-2019 09:13 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 08:40 PM)Mr.BigBlue Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 05:08 PM)12thmonarch Wrote:  

(07-01-2019 04:12 PM)mane Wrote:  i know it's been awhile since this question was posed but I think i know why adding classrooms to the new stadium wasn't considered. i think it is because an academic building cannot have a corporate sponsor's name attached to it. so...state funds or corporate sponsor?!?

Me and few others as well. Why can't we put a academic training facility or the likes underneath NEZ and build seating on the top of it and get funds from state? I just don't get why we aren't even considering that. Some from AD has to shed some light on it i guess.

JMU Convocation center received state funding and it now has a sponsor.

Sorry what i was wondering about is integrating academic facilities into the Athletic Facilities and using state funding for their construction rather than the naming rights and state funding issue. Not sure if JMU got their funding approved by having some academic space in that building or not but we should do that if we can and get the NEZ done ASAP. We might be able to shove some tutoring class rooms, Computer Lab and/or Admissions office underneath the NEZ and get funded by the state.

Yes they did ! The last I heard ...JMU combined academic space related to sports management and recreation and tourism management with their convo center and a couple other Athletic facilities. Smart.....