[Purple Haize]

If Meyer & Dunton could fill up the Vines Center with the talent they had (and a much smaller university enrollment), I'm still confident the Coach McKay can do the same with the talent he's bringing in to a university with a student body of 15,000.

I'm not. There is more to do and more competing for the students free time now than back then. You also had a tradition built from games back in the now demolished Multi Purpose Building

[olldflame]

If Meyer & Dunton could fill up the Vines Center with the talent they had (and a much smaller university enrollment), I'm still confident the Coach McKay can do the same with the talent he's bringing in to a university with a student body of 15,000.

We certainly drew better crowds in those days on a campus where basketball was more popular than football, but we didn't actually fill the Vines that often We did, however regularly draw over 4000, which is about the "tipping point" for a really good game atmosphere there

IMHO, the Vines has some design issues which can't really be corrected, is getting dated, and should ultimately be replaced by a state of the art facility in keeping with Liberty's recent projects Just how big that facility should be is yet to be determined I agree that what they currently have in the plans is probably too small

[ballah09]

more in depth master plan starting page 70ish

http://vmdo.com/docs/Liberty_Master_Plan.pdf

thought it was said that the vines was still going to be used for bigger games like if a UVA, VCU, Tech type team comes to lynchburg?

[Cider Jim]

thought it was said that the vines was still going to be used for bigger games like if a UVA, VCU, Tech, or Marshall type team comes to lynchburg?

FIFY

[PAmedic]

some photo updates from around the net:

new weight room behind Vines from @LUADjeff

[PAmedic]

and from @wetrainFlames

[PAmedic]

Indoor track site and Montview Student Ctr bowling alley (from Liberty.edu)

[PAmedic]

expanded equestrian center: from @LibertyU
full article here: http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?P ... MID=198462
Video here:

Equestrian Center expands to become one of the state's top facilities
Located on 380 acres on Liberty Mountain in Campbell County, Liberty's University's Equestrian Center has recently made structural additions, transforming it into one of the largest venues of its kind in Virginia.

The existing outdoor ring was expanded and covered to provide a 300-foot by 120-foot indoor arena, which is now the second largest collegiate indoor riding arena in Virginia. The new arena features a state-of-the-art ventilation system and Euro-fiber surface that will provide horses with a footing ideal for riding and jumping events.
Liberty is also adding a third barn nearly identical to the one added in 2014. The new barn will be equipped with stalls to board the 25 team horses and will also include locker rooms and team rooms for the riders as well as coaches' offices. It will be completed during the Fall 2016 semester, increasing the number of stalls available to 52 in the main barn complex and 78 total on the farm.

With these new additions, Liberty's equestrian program will be the third largest in Virginia, with 35 equestrian team riders, 20 student boarders, and potentially 18 students in new kinesiology classes.

[PAmedic]

new soccer/tennis practice complex from @hinkley_brian

[PAmedic]

and a screen grab from the construction cams showing new sod down [liberty.edu]

[Sly Fox]

Well done, Medic. I am surprised there hasn't been more chatter about the graduate campus idea up but LUCOM. The arena is old news but moving the grad schools up there was news to me.

[PAmedic]

from Liberty U Admissions twitter @ExperienceLU
the new Fine Arts concert hall

[PAmedic]

nice little commercial here

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[PAmedic]

old pic (from this past April) that shows a view most of us have never seen.

left is the new science bldg, ahead is the new Montview Student Center, right is Falwell Library. and that courtyard is all grass now

from @LibertyU Music

[PAmedic]

some more, these from @LibertyU Divinity

[PAmedic]

positive editorial from the fishwrap

http://www.newsadvance.com/opinion/edit ... 4c807.html

Revolution Continues on LU Campus

Posted: Friday, July 29, 2016 4:00 am

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

It’s difficult for newcomers to Lynchburg — indeed, we’d speculate, many longtime residents — to appreciate the phenomenal growth Liberty University has experienced in the last decade or so.

[alabama24]

Has the editorial board ever had this much good to say about Liberty?

[PAmedic]

couple shots of the indoor field from @LibertyFootball

[PAmedic]

nice article and vid on the new concert hall from liberty.edu

http://www.liberty.edu/news/index.cfm?P ... MID=200334

Concert hall, unlike any other in North America, nears completion

Construction crews are finalizing work on a massive fine arts concert hall within Liberty University’s 141,000-square-foot Center for Music and the Worship Arts, home of the School of Music.

[PAmedic]

Side note: has it been raining down there all summer? WTF

the whole area behind DeMoss is a huge mud pit.

I don't see how they get most of that construction done before the kids come back

normal LU deadline issues tho...

[Humble_Opinion]

Side note: has it been raining down there all summer? WTF

the whole area behind DeMoss is a huge mud pit.

I don't see how they get most of that construction done before the kids come back

normal LU deadline issues tho...

Yes - it has been raining a lot in Lynchburg this summer

[alabama24]

It has been a long time since we have had this many thunderstorms as we have had this calendar year.

[ballcoach15]

Seems as if it's taken longer to build concert hall/music building than any other project on campus.

[Yacht Rock]

Have you seen Poltergeist? Nothing good happens when you build on top of a graveyard. :-/

[alabama24]

Nope. There is new stuff. The graduate campus in Campbell, Co is fleshed out more, for example.

Last year, you made some comments on the plan.

I didn't comment on the new stuff in Campbell, Co because it wasn't there! Did you see the new buildings? Look to the left and right of LUCOM! Those weren't there last time. At least not the ones on the right!