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SU Board of Trustees to vote on future of Carrier Dome in November
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The future of the Dome is a part of the Campus Master Plan, a component of Syverud’s Fast Forward initiative. Last May, the Chancellor’s Workgroup on a Carrier Dome Backup Plan released its report relating to the current life-span of the Dome, and the university has been looking to have a decision made by the end of this academic year.
SU has been weighing three options for the future of the Dome: replacing the current roof as is, installing a new roof structure while simultaneously making other improvements or building a different stadium off-site. Talks for an off-site stadium have stalled.
Sasaki Associates, a Massachusetts-based architecture firm hired by SU for the Campus Master Plan, presented its preliminary findings to the university community in April. Among those findings were connecting the Dome to Archbold Gymnasium, which Syverud said “is not air conditioned and has other issues,” and what is now the Falk Complex.
Archbold and Flanagan Gymnasium would both undergo renovations, according to the findings by Sasaki. The goal of connecting the buildings is to make the Dome a bigger part of student life, a Sasaki representative said at the time.
SU has been weighing three options for the future of the Dome: replacing the current roof as is, installing a new roof structure while simultaneously making other improvements or building a different stadium off-site. Talks for an off-site stadium have stalled.
Sasaki Associates, a Massachusetts-based architecture firm hired by SU for the Campus Master Plan, presented its preliminary findings to the university community in April. Among those findings were connecting the Dome to Archbold Gymnasium, which Syverud said “is not air conditioned and has other issues,” and what is now the Falk Complex.
Archbold and Flanagan Gymnasium would both undergo renovations, according to the findings by Sasaki. The goal of connecting the buildings is to make the Dome a bigger part of student life, a Sasaki representative said at the time.
