2008 Woodie Awards
Recreation complex still in production
By: Dustin Alkema
Issue date: 4/9/08 Section: Sports
Greater visibility for university sports teams and modern recreational facilities for students are just a couple of the benefits expected from the new Sports Recreation Complex and Stadium that is projected to open in spring 2009.
Funding for the $16.2 million project will be raised through a student tuition increase of $80 for spring and fall semesters and $27 for winter semesters starting in fall 2008.
Construction of the student recreation complex and stadium project started in mid-November 2007, after CSU Stanislaus students voted for approval of a referendum to fund the project in 2006. The development will take up about 10 acres on the east corner of the campus next to Geer Road and Christoffersen Parkway.
Associated Students Inc. President Andrew Janz and Vice President Internal Brittany Jibby report the recreation center project will consist of a 21,000-square-foot fitness center with quality equipment, a multi-purpose recreation room, and an aerobics studio that will be available to student-athletes as well as intramural programs and general student use.
A lighted 2,500-seat soccer-football stadium with all-weather turf and track will replace the old track that has had conditional and safety issues.
"The old track is outdated with cracks and holes in various places, people get injured on them," Jibby said.
The project will also benefit the Athletic Department and sports programs by offering a lighted competition field, a soccer practice field, and a 71-space parking lot next to the recreation building.
"Other benefits of the program hope to increase the visibility of Stanislaus by bringing in more opportunities to host sporting tournaments such as soccer tournaments, as well as the city of Turlock by creating an attraction that will bring people to the location of Turlock," Jibby said.
However, figuring out the details for processes leading up to the current stages have encountered a few hurdles.
"There have been some issues," Janz said.
Among the issues are finding more funds for the intramural fields, expensive lighting, more money being spent on bathrooms for the facilities than anticipated, AC systems in the locker rooms being cut out or postponed to meet expenses such as lighting requirements, concerns with the construction company regarding extra expenses such as rain days and things not anticipated in their contract, and negotiations for who gets the rights to regulate programs in the recreation building.
"A current issue includes the Athletic Department wanting to put fencing around practice fields costing $10,000 that will fall into an extra expense account," Janz said.
Funding for the $16.2 million project will be raised through a student tuition increase of $80 for spring and fall semesters and $27 for winter semesters starting in fall 2008.
Construction of the student recreation complex and stadium project started in mid-November 2007, after CSU Stanislaus students voted for approval of a referendum to fund the project in 2006. The development will take up about 10 acres on the east corner of the campus next to Geer Road and Christoffersen Parkway.
Associated Students Inc. President Andrew Janz and Vice President Internal Brittany Jibby report the recreation center project will consist of a 21,000-square-foot fitness center with quality equipment, a multi-purpose recreation room, and an aerobics studio that will be available to student-athletes as well as intramural programs and general student use.
A lighted 2,500-seat soccer-football stadium with all-weather turf and track will replace the old track that has had conditional and safety issues.
"The old track is outdated with cracks and holes in various places, people get injured on them," Jibby said.
The project will also benefit the Athletic Department and sports programs by offering a lighted competition field, a soccer practice field, and a 71-space parking lot next to the recreation building.
"Other benefits of the program hope to increase the visibility of Stanislaus by bringing in more opportunities to host sporting tournaments such as soccer tournaments, as well as the city of Turlock by creating an attraction that will bring people to the location of Turlock," Jibby said.
However, figuring out the details for processes leading up to the current stages have encountered a few hurdles.
"There have been some issues," Janz said.
Among the issues are finding more funds for the intramural fields, expensive lighting, more money being spent on bathrooms for the facilities than anticipated, AC systems in the locker rooms being cut out or postponed to meet expenses such as lighting requirements, concerns with the construction company regarding extra expenses such as rain days and things not anticipated in their contract, and negotiations for who gets the rights to regulate programs in the recreation building.
"A current issue includes the Athletic Department wanting to put fencing around practice fields costing $10,000 that will fall into an extra expense account," Janz said.
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