July 28, 2008
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Site work for the Dodie Anderson Academic Enrichment Center began Moday in the former parking lots of the Roost Cafeteria, Athletics Media Relations Offices, Spring Sports Center and Sam Daniel Tennis Center.
The three-story, 35,000-square foot center will be located across Heyward Street from Stone Stadium, the Gamecocks’ soccer facility, in the 41-acre footprint known as “the Roost.” It will be the focal point of and the first piece in the re-developed area that eventually will include an athletics administration building, a sports-medicine facility, a volleyball facility, a Gamecock Club building, improvements to the tennis courts, soccer practice fields and outdoor track and a new multi-purpose playing field for women’s lacrosse.
The $13 million state-of-the-art facility is scheduled to open in the fall of 2009. Visit the photo gallery to see photos of the beginning stages of construction.
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