2008 Woodie Awards
Sportsplex under construction, ready for September opening
New recreation complex being built at Events Arena
By: Tim Ottusch
Issue date: 3/28/08 Section: News
The tournaments and leagues will be open to everyone in the community, including CMU students and faculty.
"The facility is being built for the community, and CMU students and faculty are part of that community," he said. "So there will be opportunities for them to use it in addition to using the Student Activity Center, with leagues and drop ins and things like that. And we hope they will."
One of the biggest issues facing the facility was the amount of parking spaces needed. Sroufe said the facility will have 500 parking spots.
Woody Woodruff, Union Township zoning administrator, said the facility had to agree not to hold big events such as conventions.
"The parking requirement for the basketball (courts) isn't so much, but if they had a home and boat show in a space that large, it just wouldn't have enough parking," he said. "They stipulated that they'd not be doing that sort of activity to get the reduction in parking spaces."
Sroufe also said they are working on the membership fee scale, and that an aquatic center could possibly be built in the future as part of the complex on a plot of land set aside for it.
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"The facility is being built for the community, and CMU students and faculty are part of that community," he said. "So there will be opportunities for them to use it in addition to using the Student Activity Center, with leagues and drop ins and things like that. And we hope they will."
One of the biggest issues facing the facility was the amount of parking spaces needed. Sroufe said the facility will have 500 parking spots.
Woody Woodruff, Union Township zoning administrator, said the facility had to agree not to hold big events such as conventions.
"The parking requirement for the basketball (courts) isn't so much, but if they had a home and boat show in a space that large, it just wouldn't have enough parking," he said. "They stipulated that they'd not be doing that sort of activity to get the reduction in parking spaces."
Sroufe also said they are working on the membership fee scale, and that an aquatic center could possibly be built in the future as part of the complex on a plot of land set aside for it.
news@cm-life.com
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