Stanislaus State rec center taking shape

The Student Fitness Center, part of the The Student Recreation Complex at CSU, Stanislaus is under construction.

Modesto Bee

By MERRILL BALASSONE
mbalassone@modbee.com

last updated: September 08, 2008 07:27:33 AM

FACTS AND OPINIONS

2,300: Number of stadium seats

$80: Fee students pay each semester to fund the project

"Ubi virtus ibi victoria": The motto students chose to hang over the door of the complex, meaning "Through courage/strength is victory."

$500: Cost of a personalized nameplate on a stadium seat

Athletic Director Milt Richards: "Our athletes are thrilled and we can't wait until it's finished. ... It's going to allow us to host conference championships, to bid on soccer and track championships."

Stacy Morgan-Foster, vice president for student affairs: "It's hard to visualize when it's just steel columns. ... I think people are going to be fairly surprised that so much is being done for $16 million."

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TURLOCK -- Stadium lights are up and the steel skeleton of a recreation center at California State University, Stanislaus, is taking shape after months of construction delays on the $16 million project.

Students approved an initiative in 2006 to fund the new complex on the campus's northeast side. It will include a fitness center with aerobics studio, a stadium with an all-weather track and soccer field and 24 acres of natural grass playing fields for intramural sports.

It was originally slated to open this fall, but university officials now plan to open the complex by spring 2009.

For construction updates, go online to WarriorAthletics.com/SRC.

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Bee staff writer Merrill Balassone can be reached at mbalassone@modbee.com or 578-2337.

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