VT's baseball stadium is getting a new name and a much needed face lift. Union Bank is putting $3.5 million towards improvements in exchange for the naming rights for 10 years.
I'll write more about this in my Around The Bases this week, but this is huge. This is the kind of commitment that VT needed for the baseball program. It's not a revenue producing sport, so monetary gifts from the outside were always going to drive a renovation, which is crucial. VT's facilities right now, while they have been upgraded in recent years, still are pretty poor. I'd argue that VMI's are pretty much on the same level, if that tells you anything.
I can't wait to see the design specs for what they have planned, but I suspect it's going to be some first class stuff. Then maybe they'll be able to get enough excitement to really go to a program that can compete each and every year in the wicked tough ACC.
http://www.hokiesports.com/baseball/recaps/20160321aaa.html
I'll write more about this in my Around The Bases this week, but this is huge. This is the kind of commitment that VT needed for the baseball program. It's not a revenue producing sport, so monetary gifts from the outside were always going to drive a renovation, which is crucial. VT's facilities right now, while they have been upgraded in recent years, still are pretty poor. I'd argue that VMI's are pretty much on the same level, if that tells you anything.
I can't wait to see the design specs for what they have planned, but I suspect it's going to be some first class stuff. Then maybe they'll be able to get enough excitement to really go to a program that can compete each and every year in the wicked tough ACC.
http://www.hokiesports.com/baseball/recaps/20160321aaa.html
