leatherneckcountry wrote: Thu Jun 25, 2020 10:00 am Should have been dropped awhile ago

The program had one of the lowest overall costs and the teams consistently had the highest overall student-athlete GPAs. Almost nothing is gained by doing this. The athletics department is just being lazy and using COVID as an excuse.

I can understand that we are trying to pay for the new seating.


I just want to point at that the new bleachers were paid for in their entirety by the students. They pay a "Facilities Enhancement Fee" that is supposed to go toward health and safety improvements all over campus. The old ...

I was in a hurry on my last post so I didn't get a chance to put in more details. That price also included the cost of the new scoreboard (which is 100x better than the P.O.S. that was there). The material cost of the scoreboard and video board together was right around $350,000. The rest covers the ...

The total project cost for the video board project was north $500,000. You have to keep in mind that this video board is different (more expensive) than most boards in the fact that it is mobile and is not a permanent installation. You also need to keep in mind that there were essentially two ...

I noticed there have not been any updates on the bleacher project in quite a while so I figured I'd throw something on here...

http://www.wiu.edu/vpas/fm/Western_Hall ... roject.php

https://www.facebook.com/wiufm/

The demolition projects are currently on hold until a budget is passed. The university has requested extensions from the three low bid contractors in able to hold their prices. Thankfully all three contractors have granted an extension, but the way things are looking now no extension will be long ...