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A foundation for future
growth. Something for us all...
While owned and managed by IUP, the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic
Complex will serve as a resource for the entire regional community. It will be
situated on land owned by the Commonwealth along Wayne Avenue, adjacent to
the university, between the Thirteenth Street Extension and Hospital Road.
It will include an arena, offices for IUP’s John P. Murtha
Institute for Homeland Security, athletic department offices, an auditorium,
and state-of-the-art conference and convention space.
NEW! Groundbreaking Ceremony Set...
All are cordially invited to groundbreaking ceremonies for the KCAC on
Oct. 9, 2008 at 10 a.m. at the KCAC site along Wayne Avenue. The ceremony
will include Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell, Congressman John P.
Murtha, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Chancellor Dr. John C.
Cavanaugh, and many other community and university dignitaries.
"The groundbreaking celebrates the long-time vision of many university,
community and commonwealth leaders of a state-of-the-art convocation complex
that this university and community needs and deserves,” IUP President Dr.
Tony Atwater said. “It also is a testament to the success of IUP’s
stewardship role in contributing to the economic revitalization of the
Indiana region.”
The KCAC, to be completed in spring 2011, is projected to have a $22 million
economic impact on the region during construction and an annual economic
impact of $12.5 million in each year of operation.
The KCAC is named in honor of the Kovalchick family, of Indiana, who pledged
a minimum of 10 percent of the Indiana Initiative, a $20 million campaign to
raise funds for the facility’s construction.
NEW! The Horizon Team has been selected to
construct the connecting
hotel to the KCAC.
Read about this
on-line in our IUP News and More site.
Clearing of the site is well underway and on schedule.
As of August 22, total clearing is at 75 percent of completion. To take a look at
this progress, visit
a
brief slide show of aerial photographs of the area.
The complex is expected to revitalize and energize the region's economic
climate. Visit our Media Center to see the floor
plans for this exciting new complex.
To ensure the funds are raised to make the Kovalchick Complex a reality, IUP has embarked on a campaign called the
Indiana Initiative. Learn more about how
you can be involved... |
