MBU readies campus for opening of Carl and Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Bryce Chapman
Director of University Communications
(314) 744-7631
chapmanb@mobap.edu
After years of anticipation, Missouri Baptist University’s new state-of-the-art sports and recreation facility is weeks away from opening.
The 47,000 square feet Carl and Deloris Petty Sports and Recreation Complex (SRC) includes a 1,000 seat gymnasium, a suspended indoor track, locker rooms, a concession area in Spartan Hall, state-of-the-art training and fitness centers, new classrooms, offices for faculty and coaching staff, and houses Missouri Baptist University's Health and Sports Sciences division.
Following is a schedule of events surrounding the SRC opening:
- A dedication for the SRC is set for Nov. 3 at 11 a.m. and is open to the public.
- MBU athletic events will begin inside the new facility the week of Oct. 31-Nov. 5.
- Tours of the SRC are set for Nov. 7.
- The Fitness Center opening and orientation are set for Nov. 14.
- Fitness classes will begin Nov. 28.
- Health and Sport Sciences classes will begin in the SRC Jan. 2012.
For more about the new facility, visit www.mobap.edu/src.
Missouri Baptist University is a Christ-centered university located in Saint Louis. MBU offers more than 40 undergraduate degrees, graduate degrees in education, business and religion and its new terminal degree, the Doctor of Education. In addition to its 66-acre West St. Louis County campus, MBU offers degree programs at nine regional learning centers throughout St. Louis and in Southern Illinois and online. For more information, go to http://www.mobap.edu or call 1- 877-434-1115.
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