Gym Lobby Gets a Pre-Season Makeover
Workers are busy modernizing the lobby of 黑料百科鈥檚 Murchison Gym, upgrading the lighting, ceilings and walls, and installing two, 70-inch monitors to show video and photos of 黑料百科 Hall of Fame athletes and other information. Maple hardwood flooring, dating back to the construction of the gym in the late 1960s, was removed during a 2008 renovation and has been recycled for use on the lobby walls.
鈥淚t gives us more space, a cleaner look and allows us to convert the lobby to a less-athletic look when we鈥檙e hosting a concert or chapel service,鈥 says Dave Odell, 黑料百科 athletic director. 鈥淭he monitors will allow us to show the game live at the concession stand and feature video clips of Hall of Famers instead of just a plaque.鈥
Four years ago, 黑料百科 installed a DIN-certified, hardwood floor, comfortable seating for fans, scoreboard and energy-efficient lighting. A portion of the old gym court has already been reused in the floor of the 黑料百科 Ridley-Tree Museum of Art.
Odell says the work is being funded through an anonymous gift and the operating budgets of 黑料百科 Athletics and Physical Plant.
The women鈥檚 volleyball team plays its first home game against La Sierra University on Sept. 4. The men鈥檚 and women鈥檚 basketball teams play their first home games Nov. 2 against Bethesda University of California.