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MU students and Teammizzou members were among those who
helped with the groundbreaking. Photo by Stephen Bybee
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Rec
Center Expansion
By Jeremy Diener
The ominous rain clouds overhead couldn’t
dampen the festive atmosphere on March 18 as students and campus
and community dignitaries gathered to formally break ground
on the Brewer Fieldhouse Expansion
and Renovation Project, which will spruce up and add 115,000
square feet of new space to the existing recreation complex.
Student fees, approved by the student body
in a 2001 referendum, will cover the cost of the project that, when
completed, will occupy enough space to place it among the ten
largest higher education recreation facilities in the nation.
This unique arrangement is an example of direct student involvement
in improving campus facilities, said Cathy Scroggs, MU vice
chancellor for student affairs.
“The students told us they were concerned
about their recreation facilities,”
said Scroggs. “They said they needed more fitness space.
They said they needed more aquatic facilities. They told us
these things, and then they did what it took to make it happen.”
Artist’s rendering of
the exterior of the
Brewer Fieldhouse expansion and renovation.
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Brett Ordnung, president of the Missouri
Students Association, also acknowledged the student involvement
in helping to get the project off the ground, noting that students
have an ever-increasing voice in such undertakings.
“The pressure is on students to stay
involved, stay engaged and help make sure we continue to play
a role in the planning of facilities such as this,” said
Ordnung.
Highlights of the project — slated
to open in September 2004, with the aquatic complex following
in early 2005 — include a 50-meter competitive pool with
seating for 1,000, a club pool with custom features such as
a grotto and waterfall, a high-tech fitness club, a heavy-lifting
gym and a new climbing and bouldering wall.
The completion of the upgrades will mark
the 100th anniversary of the oldest structure in the complex
— Rothwell Gymnasium. Built in 1905, Rothwell Gymnasium
experienced expansion in both 1939 and 1959. The adjacent Brewer
Fieldhouse joined Rothwell in 1929. These two historic structures
were the original homes for Tiger athletics. The present-day
recreation center was added in 1989.
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