UK athletics, Toyota are biggest contributors to Rupp Arena task force
by Beverly Fortune, 4.26.12, Kentucky.com
The University of Kentucky Athletics Department and Toyota were the two largest donors to a task force that recently developed a plan to revitalize Rupp Arena and the surrounding portion of downtown.
UK Athletics gave $50,000 and Toyota gave $35,000 to the group, which raised $380,950, according to a list obtained by the Herald-Leader under the Open Records Act.
Many of the other donors included members of the task force, including Greg Goodman, whose Mount Brilliant Family Foundation gave $10,000. W.T. Young LLC gave $20,000. Young’s son Chris served on the task force…Read more at Kentucky.com
Part of the UK locker room in Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky., Monday, March 19, 2012. Rupp Arena is getting ready to enlarge and improve locker room area for UK men's basketball team that will include enlarged lockers, training room, showers, bathroom, hydro therapy improvements, team lounge, offices for coaches and team meeting room. | photo by Charles Bertram | Staff | Lexington Herald-Leader
Rupp Arena locker-room upgrade is scheduled to begin next month
by Beverly Fortune, 4.19.12, Kentucky.com
Preliminary work is under way on upgrading the University of Kentucky men’s basketball locker room and related improvements at Rupp Arena, including hiring a construction manager to supervise the project.
That was part of a progress report Bill Owen, president and CEO of the Lexington Center Corp., gave board members at their monthly meeting on Thursday.
The center has received five responses to its advertisement for a construction manager, Owen said…Read more at Kentucky.com
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