The page I've worked on is now live:
http://www.wiu.edu/vpas/fm/cpa.php
It's the Center for Performing Arts. From what I've heard, the governor will be in town to announce that funding for the facility will be released to the university. This may not mean that it will get released right away, but that we'll get the money in the near future.
Construction should start late this year or early 2015 and it should be completed by Spring semester 2018 (if the current timeline holds).
There's also some really nice renderings on the page of what the main theatre and one of the smaller ones will look like. The Proscenium Theatre (Great Hall) is going to hold 1,400 people, which, as near as I can tell from a quick check, is the second largest theatre at a public university in the state.
For comparison:
Krannert Center (University of Illinois) holds just over 2,000 seats in their main theatre.
Center for the Performing Arts (Illinois State) has 650 seats in their concert hall
Center for Performing Arts (Governor's State) has 1,171 seats
Shryock Auditorium (Southern Illinois) has 1,200 seats
Doudna Fine Arts Center (Eastern Illinois) has a great website but only 568 seats in their main concert hall
I couldn't find anything listed for a Performing Arts Center at Northern Illinois...anyone know what the name of their main theatre/auditorium/concert hall is?
So, once the CPA is complete, we'll have the following performance spaces on campus:
Proscenium Theatre (Great Hall @ CPA) - 1400 seats
COFAC Recital Hall (Simpkins Hall) - 500 seats
Hainline Theatre (Browne Hall) - 387 seats
Thrust Theatre (CPA) - 250 seats
Horrabin Theatre (Horrabin Hall) - 161 seats
Studio Theatre (CPA) - 150 seats
I've heard that the Simpkins Theatre (100-138 seats depending on layout) is going to be "retired" and that the Studio Theatre in the new CPA will essentially replace it. It's also possible that with the addition of the 250 seat thrust-style theatre in the CPA, that they'll "retire" the Horrabin Theatre as well, since both would essentially do the same thing, with the CPA one being newer and holding 100 more people.
Now if they can just figure out where those people are going to park....