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By PeterParker
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I found this on somebody's blog; I found the following excerpt interesting (who knows how accurate it is but here it is anyway): http://annieonfalwell.wordpress.com/tag/expansion/
How much did that cost?

August 18, 2006
Posted by atjohnson in Expansion. add a comment

In an interivew last winter with Falwell Jr., (who was more than helpful and a really neat guy) Liberty officials prepared the costs of some of the more recent construction projects at the University.

Current projects: (as of February 15th, when the e-mail was sent to me)

Five new dormitories scheduled for completion in Fall of 2006 $8,000,000

LaHaye Ice Center $4,500,000 [$2,000,000 gift]

Liberty Christian Academy 120,000 square feet K-12 facility $9,000,000

Thomas Road Baptist Church new auditorium $16,000,000 [partially funded by special gifts from congregation]

New intramural fields $300,000

Golf driving range $40,000 (Phase I)

Football Operations Center $6,400,000 [$4,500,000 gift]

Renovation of former Ericsson facility, including new Health & Kinesiology classrooms and wellness center, Tolsma Indoor Track and Conference Center, “deindustrialization” of the facility (removal of water tanks, fuel tanks, overhead utilities and other industrial equipment and apparatus), and roof replacements $ 5,600,000

Law School (which has mock jury rooms) $2,700,000

Fountain and courtyard in front of DeMoss Hall $400,000

Recently completed projects:

LCA Early Learning Center $700,000

Pedestrian tunnel under US 460 $1,100,000

Campus East Apartment project $20,000,000

LaHaye Student Center (indoor pool, five basketball courts, fitness center) $4,500,000 [$4,500,000 gift]

Renovation of Schilling Center $500,000

Paving of existing parking lots and construction of new lots $1,000,000

US 460 ramp $224,796
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By Sly Fox
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Bubble & dye-free fountains must be expensice these days. And where is this driving range being set up?
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