Post by Logan on Jan 28, 2016 0:55:51 GMT -6
Wildcat Lodge renovation is part of UK’s larger wish list for state budget
Amid many aspects of Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed state budget, one line item in particular raised a lot of eyebrows: $21 million to renovate and expand the University of Kentucky’s Wildcat Coal Lodge, the deluxe accommodations for UK’s basketball team that opened in 2012.
However, in this case, the budget request is more like a wish list or a placeholder, UK spokesman Jay Blanton said. Every two years, each university must get permission from the state for any capital projects of more than $600,000, no matter who is paying for it and whether the money is in hand.
If the proposed expansion proceeds, UK Athletics would pay up to $21 million for athletic dining space near or attached to the lodge, which sits next to Memorial Coliseum. Blanton said that when a new student center opens in 2018, the dining center at Blazer Hall will close. That’s also where athletes take nutrition classes and get whatever special foods are required.
The new “training table” for all athletes on the north side of campus would be near Wildcat Lodge if UK athletics has the money to build it.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article56839153.html
Amid many aspects of Gov. Matt Bevin’s proposed state budget, one line item in particular raised a lot of eyebrows: $21 million to renovate and expand the University of Kentucky’s Wildcat Coal Lodge, the deluxe accommodations for UK’s basketball team that opened in 2012.
However, in this case, the budget request is more like a wish list or a placeholder, UK spokesman Jay Blanton said. Every two years, each university must get permission from the state for any capital projects of more than $600,000, no matter who is paying for it and whether the money is in hand.
If the proposed expansion proceeds, UK Athletics would pay up to $21 million for athletic dining space near or attached to the lodge, which sits next to Memorial Coliseum. Blanton said that when a new student center opens in 2018, the dining center at Blazer Hall will close. That’s also where athletes take nutrition classes and get whatever special foods are required.
The new “training table” for all athletes on the north side of campus would be near Wildcat Lodge if UK athletics has the money to build it.
Read more here: www.kentucky.com/news/local/education/article56839153.html