Construction of the new 4.3 million dollar MSU baseball stadium is on track for opening April 3rd. It will feature 400 chair-backed seats and 2,100 bleacher seats. The number of chair-backed seats allows MSU now to be a host for NCAA regional games. The LSJ has more on the construction.
I took a couple pictures while on the bus the other day. Quality isn't great but it gives a good update on the status of the Cyclotron and Wharton construction:
Somewhat bad news about the new Broad Art Museum. The State News is reporting that the project's "initial outside estimates" in terms of cost were about $160 million, 4x the original cost. I have no idea how the University would get enough in donations to cover the rest of that cost, but Lou Anna in the article goes on to shoot down any thought the final price will reach anywhere near that. The article also seems to give little to no information on how the University plans to cut costs back down to the $40 million, but the issue seems to have something to do with the design of the roof, which will be amended before construction.
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Construction of the new 4.3 million dollar MSU baseball stadium is on track for opening April 3rd. It will feature 400 chair-backed seats and 2,100 bleacher seats. The number of chair-backed seats allows MSU now to be a host for NCAA regional games. The LSJ has more on the construction.
Cyclotron:
Wharton:
This picture from their website shows the progress a lot better than mine: