(12-25-2018 11:15 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 11:11 PM)91Alum Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 07:51 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(12-23-2018 04:57 PM)Dukeman2 Wrote:  Why would JMU use tax payer money to fund a 8500 seat arena when attendance is at a 30 year low?

There is no taxpayer money involved in building the new arena.
The size (seating) can be debated, but funding for the project is financed without funds from the General Assembly.

OK. This "General Assembly" thing sounds like semantics. We did not raise $80M for the arena with private funds. Where did the money come from?

I’m guessing in some part “student fees” which of course are aka student loans funded by taxpayers.

You know we now have an indoor “lazy river”, too? Not seeing a lot of”private funding” there either...

I'd hardly call a straight 20-foot section of jetted pool that the staff at UREC calls a "fitness channel", designed for people to workout against a current, a "lazy river".