(06-27-2017 03:34 PM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  Invitation to Bid issued on 6/22 for an enclosed Tennis Air Supported Structure, next to UREC and D Lot. Contract to be awarded in July. Construction to begin August, and be ready for use no later than December 2017.

Guess the tennis team is getting a bubble!

Going to replace the tennis courts already in that location.

(06-28-2017 08:53 AM)JMUTrippster Wrote:  Is it going where the UREC tennis courts are now, those are next to D-lot. I wonder if they will use the bubble at all times or just for practice/play in inclement weather? Either way its a great addition.

If they're going to invest in something like that, I would hope they're using it as the regular tennis facility including their home matches.

Since it's a bubble type structure, I'd guess that it would only be in place through winter. These structures, while portable or temporary in nature, aren't always left up year round. For tennis, it might make sense to take it down in the spring so that you can have outdoor games, and put it back up in late fall. They're not portable enough to be taken down and put up on a daily basis. Guess we'll see!

Westover pool uses one from October to May or something like that for one of the pools.

I don't know if VCU still has their bubble, but I'm pretty sure it came down during the warm weather

I have seen more permanent "bubbles" at tennis clubs, but of course they are focused just on tennis...

(06-29-2017 08:12 AM)JMUTrippster Wrote:  I have seen more permanent "bubbles" at tennis clubs, but of course they are focused just on tennis...

Is the bubble over the valley permanent?

(06-29-2017 12:38 PM)2Buck Wrote:  Is the bubble over the valley permanent?

The locals seem to think so.

(06-29-2017 12:38 PM)2Buck Wrote:  

(06-29-2017 08:12 AM)JMUTrippster Wrote:  I have seen more permanent "bubbles" at tennis clubs, but of course they are focused just on tennis...

Is the bubble over the valley permanent?

(06-29-2017 12:38 PM)2Buck Wrote:  

(06-29-2017 08:12 AM)JMUTrippster Wrote:  I have seen more permanent "bubbles" at tennis clubs, but of course they are focused just on tennis...

Is the bubble over the valley permanent?

Thread winner! Well done

Hotel Madison photos from Monday 17 July. This thing looks massive. The photos were all from the corner of Main and MLK. I couldn't get behind as it was blocked off.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/FwWY7VPyzbangIDh2

CIS

Thanks for the pics!!

Brian

https://twitter.com/pastormarcus51/statu...6760977408

Just saw this on Twitter... Is it me or is something looking like it's happening above the club and in front of the 300 collar? Has that always been a black color or is a ribbon video board going in?

(07-20-2017 01:07 PM)jmu-fan-1981 Wrote:  https://twitter.com/pastormarcus51/statu...6760977408

Just saw this on Twitter... Is it me or is something looking like it's happening above the club and in front of the 300 collar? Has that always been a black color or is a ribbon video board going in?

Just shade...you can still see the suite TV screens in front of the dark area.

(07-20-2017 01:07 PM)jmu-fan-1981 Wrote:  https://twitter.com/pastormarcus51/statu...6760977408

Just saw this on Twitter... Is it me or is something looking like it's happening above the club and in front of the 300 collar? Has that always been a black color or is a ribbon video board going in?

Doesn't look any different than before. Just think that's shadow from the sun

(07-20-2017 01:13 PM)RootinFerDukes Wrote:  

(07-20-2017 01:07 PM)jmu-fan-1981 Wrote:  https://twitter.com/pastormarcus51/statu...6760977408

Just saw this on Twitter... Is it me or is something looking like it's happening above the club and in front of the 300 collar? Has that always been a black color or is a ribbon video board going in?

Doesn't look any different than before. Just think that's shadow from the sun

might be from the flaps

(07-20-2017 04:18 PM)Deez Nuts Wrote:  

(07-20-2017 01:13 PM)RootinFerDukes Wrote:  

(07-20-2017 01:07 PM)jmu-fan-1981 Wrote:  https://twitter.com/pastormarcus51/statu...6760977408

Just saw this on Twitter... Is it me or is something looking like it's happening above the club and in front of the 300 collar? Has that always been a black color or is a ribbon video board going in?

Doesn't look any different than before. Just think that's shadow from the sun

might be from the flaps

Did someone say........... flaps????

Flapppppppssssssss!!

Gotta love flaps!!

Brian

I had to head down 81 today for a meeting and stopped off for a quick drive through campus

1. The new hotel is going to be an amazing addition to the campus and the greater Hburg community. It is very impressive.

2. The new D-hall is massive. Pictures just don't do it justice to how large it really is. No trip to campus is complete without a stop at the book store (it's right over there) but from the parking lot it's surprising how much the new d-hall dominates the hill[attachment=8916]

Deez,

What is the university services annex? I'm trying to find it on the campus map but I may be missing it. It looks like Madison Hall is the only completed project that is brand new since last fall 2016. I visited the Student Success Center and CHBS last fall. Amazing buildings.

I'll have to have a look at the construction progress of Hotel Madison and Dhall. Anything else new that's worth visiting?

USB annex is basically offices and garages for facilities management way back in the site where the old Co-Op was on Grace Street. It's nothing shiny or fancy - it's a long red brick building you would think has been there for a while. Pretty unnoticeable. The old grad school house on Grace street was demolished too. Probably wouldn't notice that's gone. Sonner was discretely renovated but it's not noticeable to the outside.

Hotel Madison and Dhall are the only "visible" projects around at the moment I think. Grace street from Main to Student Success was widened and has a traffic light being installed. MLK/Cantrell is still being widened at the hotel/Mason Street. Campus construction will pick up soon with a new dorm, Wilson reno, parking deck, and (next year) chandler demo/business building, blue ridge hall demo/convo, and Phillips Center-Dukes demo/rebuild