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Article: TECH PLANS TO BUILD $13-15 MILLION LOCKER ROOM
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- Roanoke Times & World News
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- November 19, 2008
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In its latest effort to keep up with its ACC rivals, Virginia
Tech plans to spend $13-15 million on a football locker room
facility.
Tech hopes to choose an architect and construction firm in
January or February, and seek design and funding approval from the
Board of Visitors in March. The athletic department hopes to begin
construction next summer so the building -- which would be about
33,000 square feet -- could be ready for the 2010 season.
"Our football locker room ... [is] woefully inferior to other
football locker rooms within the conference," associate athletic
director Tom Gabbard said Tuesday.
The facility, which would also include a players' lounge and
office space, would be ...