Proposed athletic center falls through

Proposed athletic center falls through#118915

By Rocketfan - October 17th, 2007, 8:48 am

- October 17th, 2007, 8:48 am #118915

Developers for a proposed athletic facility on Leesville Road, just north of Waterlick Road, have pulled out of the estimated $6.5 million project.
The project, Quick Release Sports, was the brainchild of Curtis Staples, a former University of Virginia basketball star who now lives in Lynchburg.

http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Sate ... 2564&path=

#118918

By LUconn - October 17th, 2007, 8:54 am

- October 17th, 2007, 8:54 am #118918

Is that the place that is right before Waterlick while traveling on Leesville from Greenview Dr? If so, I thought that was gonna be like a fitness center. They brought in a ton of steel to build the building like 2 years ago and it's been sitting there ever since. Maybe that's a different place.

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#118920

By Fumblerooskies - October 17th, 2007, 8:55 am

- October 17th, 2007, 8:55 am #118920

That would be it, LUconn.

#118921

By LUconn - October 17th, 2007, 8:57 am

- October 17th, 2007, 8:57 am #118921

man, that sucks. From that article it sounds like it was gonna be sweet.

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#118980

By Hold My Own - October 17th, 2007, 10:30 am

- October 17th, 2007, 10:30 am #118980

LOL....let's try again

What does Curtis do in Lynchburg now?

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Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#118989

By ALUmnus - October 17th, 2007, 10:42 am

- October 17th, 2007, 10:42 am #118989

let's give hmo a few hours to correct that before we jump all over him.

"I always wanted to be the hero of all squirrels; I just thought it'd never happen" - Quack

#118993

By Hold My Own - October 17th, 2007, 10:51 am

- October 17th, 2007, 10:51 am #118993

fixed

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By Fumblerooskies - October 17th, 2007, 10:54 am

- October 17th, 2007, 10:54 am #118994

Does he work at OFFICE DEPOT?

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By blwall1416 - October 17th, 2007, 11:14 am

- October 17th, 2007, 11:14 am #119005

I play ball against Curtis in church league. He seems like a nice guy in the conversations we've had.

My claim to fame....last season, I blocked one of his shots. I don't mean I tapped it...I mean I sent it back. The ref, whom I work with in the COA, called a foul, & I just smiled. Curtis turned to me & said it was clean & it was a nice block. Of course, he then went on to drop 30+ without really sweating.

#119057

By bigsmooth - October 17th, 2007, 12:48 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 12:48 pm #119057

curtis is actually in private business in a variety of ventures and does quite well. as blwall said curt is a solid guy.

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By blwall1416 - October 17th, 2007, 1:30 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 1:30 pm #119061

Man, you should have heard the stories he told about talking to the players on his visit to dook when JJ was set to break Curtis' record.

Also, Curtis is great friends with former UNC baller George Lynch. Curtis wanted to go to UNC, but Coach Smith said that they were set at the SG position with Donald Williams. Curtis didn't want to wait, so off to UVA he went. That same year, Donald Williams goes down with a shoulder injury, so Curtis would have got the PT he wanted. He said, oh well, that's how it goes. He did say he enjoyed his time at UVA.

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By Hold My Own - October 17th, 2007, 5:04 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 5:04 pm #119094

I had a few people together ready to buy the Win-Dixie building on Timberlake road for a fitness center....maybe I should contact Curtis....hmmmm

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

#119102

By LUconn - October 17th, 2007, 5:24 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 5:24 pm #119102

maybe you should give me the number to these "people" as they apparently have money they are ready to invest in a local business.

And also accept my facebook friend request.

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#119106

By Hold My Own - October 17th, 2007, 5:39 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 5:39 pm #119106

I have accepted it...we're officially friends!

I'm working on starting a small business (not the amount of money that would have been involved in the fitness center) but the whole fitness center idea is really my first love and there is a very large market for it here in lynchburg even with the Y...there are a lot of unhappy people at the Y not to mention theres around 250 racquetball players that got hosed b/c courtside closed down....If I was a little older I would have just used that group to buy courtside, but I was to young at the time to think like that.

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By Rocketfan - October 17th, 2007, 9:40 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 9:40 pm #119155

Hold My Own wrote:I have accepted it...we're officially friends!

I'm working on starting a small business (not the amount of money that would have been involved in the fitness center) but the whole fitness center idea is really my first love and there is a very large market for it here in lynchburg even with the Y...there are a lot of unhappy people at the Y not to mention theres around 250 racquetball players that got hosed b/c courtside closed down....If I was a little older I would have just used that group to buy courtside, but I was to young at the time to think like that.

loved Courtside, but these days few people even remember it.

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By Hold My Own - October 17th, 2007, 10:15 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 10:15 pm #119161

500k could have bought that place...one of the biggest mistakes was not getting a group together for that

Sly Fox wrote:In my experience with the Falwell family over the past 30+ years, they have never been shy about stating what they believe and standing by it. If anything it should be on their family crest.

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By Rocketfan - October 17th, 2007, 10:26 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 10:26 pm #119163

Hold My Own wrote:500k could have bought that place...one of the biggest mistakes was not getting a group together for that

Thats a steal.....would have made lots of money....that blows my mind.

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By givemethemic - October 17th, 2007, 11:50 pm

- October 17th, 2007, 11:50 pm #119189

bigsmooth wrote:curtis is actually in private business in a variety of ventures and does quite well. as blwall said curt is a solid guy.

One of those is QR Limousine & Transportaion...Curtis is the limo provider for the Sportsline...Here is his web-site..there is a sweet Bentley in his fleet

http://www.qrlimos.com/

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By bigsmooth - October 18th, 2007, 7:58 am

- October 18th, 2007, 7:58 am #119209

both curt and george went to patrick henry high school before they transferred to the prep schools. they are actually from the same neighborhood here in roanoke. both are class acts!

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By blwall1416 - October 18th, 2007, 8:52 am

- October 18th, 2007, 8:52 am #119222

bigsmooth wrote:both curt and george went to patrick henry high school before they transferred to the prep schools. they are actually from the same neighborhood here in roanoke. both are class acts!

You, sir, are correct. I would have loved to see Curtis in Carolina Blue. On the flip side, he said he always elevated his game when he played against the Tar Heels. Looking at his stats against Carolina, I believe it. Kind of like Jason Williams that played at dook. He wanted to go to UNC, but Coach Gut said Ron Curry was running the point & Adam Boone would be there as well. Jason then took the offer from dook & proceeded to beat the Tar out of us while he was there.