{"id":107034,"date":"2020-06-23T23:50:26","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T04:50:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/?p=107034"},"modified":"2020-08-24T10:20:23","modified_gmt":"2020-08-24T15:20:23","slug":"due-to-pandemic-michigan-state-delaying-munn-ice-arena-upgrades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2020\/06\/23\/due-to-pandemic-michigan-state-delaying-munn-ice-arena-upgrades\/","title":{"rendered":"Due to pandemic, Michigan State delaying Munn Ice Arena upgrades"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"ps_captionIns\" aria-describedby=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"\/img-show\/I0000D6LrjbKGYT4\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Photo By: photo: Michigan State Athletics\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/munn.jpg\" alt=\"Munn Ice Arena (photo: Michigan State Athletics)\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-ps-captionIns\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Munn Ice Arena is home to three-time national champion Michigan State (photo: Michigan State Athletics).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/247sports.com\/college\/michigan-state\/Article\/Michigan-State-delays-construction-projects-Spartan-Stadium-Munn-Ice-Arena-COVID-19-148437208\/\"><strong>According to 247sports.com<\/strong><\/a>, Michigan State is going to delay its scheduled upgrades to Munn Ice Arena, citing financial issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>MSU is estimating a loss of approximately $300 million for the upcoming fiscal year, but &#8220;the budget situation continues to change,\u201d said school president Samuel Stanley.<\/p>\n<p>Munn\u2019s \u201caddition 3\u201d project, with a budget estimate of more than $23 million, has been deferred in the construction phase.<\/p>\n<p>Among the projects deferred in the design stage are technology and display upgrades to Munn&#8217;s Hall of History, which has a cost of $2-2.5 million.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Asked MSU officials about the stoppage on the Munn Arena construction. School is appx. $7.5M short of fully funding the $23.235 project. Goal is to get south entrance enclosed so it would be ready for upcoming season. Statement from MSU athletes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kydoM8Esnw\">pic.twitter.com\/kydoM8Esnw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Solari (@chrissolari) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrissolari\/status\/1275455705248665600?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 23, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to 247sports.com, Michigan State is going to delay its scheduled upgrades to Munn Ice Arena, citing financial issues caused by the COVID-19 pandemic (photo: Michigan State Athletics).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":107586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[812],"coauthors":[901],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - 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