GaSo just got a new coach, too. That should help a little. They've struggled in the SB and their fanship has suffered for it. Another sleeping giant that just needs a string of good seasons.
Just guessing, but it'll probably be the "Mecca" of basketball arenas in the SBC, based on its newness and all the $$$ the school put into it. $80 to $90 million or so, if you include what they also put into a large parking port right next to it. I followed a lot of the construction progress on their web site, including great videos of the finished product and all the attendant amenities.
JMU raised something like $8 to $12 million in private funding, IIRC, for the arena; rest funded by revenue bonds allowed/approved by the State of Virginia. Marshall would do back flips to be able to have similar funding capabilities herein West Virginia, but just doesn't happen. WVU alone has something close to a carte blanche ability to issue bonds through its BOG; MU and other state schools have to essentially beg for ANY state funding for capital projects including for much needed maintenance and renovations of existing facilities. That's the reasons why so many buildings are being shuttered, or have deteriorated to the point of being unusable,on college campus sites all around the State, other than the Hole.
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