markson161
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ElrodGrizzly said:
Some of the people slowing down the process were under the assumption that taxpayer money was being used to construct the facility. They were misinformed and caused unnecessary delays.
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Some of the people slowing down the process were under the assumption that taxpayer money was being used to construct the facility. They were misinformed and caused unnecessary delays.
Oldskoolgriz
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I hope the Griz are practicing hard and getting ready for the playoffs. Even though they don't know who they are playing, I can't believe the players were given 3 days off, Thursday Friday and Saturday and practice on Sunday. This is crazy. I sure hope there's not a ton of rust coming off a emotional amazing victory and a bye
HelenaHandBasket
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Oldskoolgriz said:
Not crazy at all.
AZGrizFan said:
We also got a seed and Thanksgiving off in 2021 after beating MSU soundly, so it hasn’t been anywhere near a decade. However, we looked pretty good against the iggles in the second round after Limu ran his mouth. It was a good revenge game after the ending in Cheney earlier in the season.
Knock on wood this year has set up well with the schedule and the bye, and this team is pretty healthy for this point in the season. Glad they get some time with family as well as to rest and recover.
HelenaHandBasket said:
Well, there may be soooome crazy here....
I vaguely remember Haslam back in May or June commenting on the delay getting started as the city permitting department had questions and concerns about the construction drawings. Some miscommunication between UM staff and city that required explanation and I believe some changes. That being said he said project should be done by end of November. I am assuming materials and labor have been slow in getting to job site during the construction.
markson161 said:
Not sure what is true, funding information should be readily available and should have had absolutely no bearing on the situation regardless.
Haslam made it pretty clear that the university had held up its end of the bargain and the difficulties were originating elsewhere. Sad that his kind of bullshit is allowed to happen.
In a letter to contributors, Haslem states that delays in securing permits, and those permits required design alterations, coupled with a wet fall are the reasons the project has not been completed. There are concerns about laying the surface without proper drying and compaction of the base. Field Turf will return June 1, 2024 to finish the project.
maroonandsilver said:
So that puts it what, a year and a half behind schedule?! Good grief
DoubleNicks
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What about the Lady Griz and volleyball locker rooms? I thought the funding on those were close/wrapping up for at least the last few years, so any update?
griz4life said:
If like everything else...a 1/3 higher than before this regime in D.C. was installed.
DoubleNicks said:
Fund raising still ongoing. The big donors have recently been contacted to help out. The equipment room needs to be moved and completed first, as the locker rooms are moving into the old equipment room space. When completed in their new space, the players will have a direct stairwell from the locker room to the arena floor. (This is not a new stairwell, it is an existing one, not used as it is in the current equipment room).