The long awaited 30m Practice Facility for men's and women's basketball

Pablo

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247George Mason University18529Aquatic and Fitness Center Capital RenewalImprovements-Infrastructure Repairs

247George Mason University18253Construct Basketball Training, Wrestling and Athlete Academic Support CenterNew Construction
 

Pablo

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Lol nice one. I have contacted some folks and hoping to find out more information.

This is the guy that I would want to contact regarding the basketball practice facility phase II and the George Mason Cricket Stadium - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlieber

Andrew Lieber

Andrew Lieber​

Sr. Associate AD, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events at George Mason University​

Fairfax, Virginia, United States​

"About​

Strategic Advisor who is driven to lead and empower organizations to achieve bold and ambitious goals through sports and entertainment facilities and programs. Experienced analyzing critical details of transformational decisions and communicating results clearly to leadership, staff, and students. Draws on unique and comprehensive experience leading facilities and events operations teams in professional sports and collegiate athletics to make sound decisions under pressure.

Specialties: Budgetary Controls, Project Planning and Implementation, Reporting, Feasibility Studies, Quality Control, Scheduling, Data Analysis, Contracting, Logistics, Team Building, RFP Building, Green Projects, Bidding Processes and Procedures, Change Management, Ownership Representation, Information Procurement and Tracking, Creative Problem Solving, Resource Management."

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    Senior Associate Athletics Director, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events​

    George Mason University Athletics

    Aug 2021 - Present 2 years 3 months
    Fairfax, Virginia, United States
 
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mkaufman1

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This is the guy that I would want to contact regarding the basketball practice facility phase II and the George Mason Cricket Stadium - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewlieber

Andrew Lieber

Andrew Lieber​

Sr. Associate AD, Capital Planning, Facilities, and Events at George Mason University​

Fairfax, Virginia, United States​

"About​

Strategic Advisor who is driven to lead and empower organizations to achieve bold and ambitious goals through sports and entertainment facilities and programs. Experienced analyzing critical details of transformational decisions and communicating results clearly to leadership, staff, and students. Draws on unique and comprehensive experience leading facilities and events operations teams in professional sports and collegiate athletics to make sound decisions under pressure.

Specialties: Budgetary Controls, Project Planning and Implementation, Reporting, Feasibility Studies, Quality Control, Scheduling, Data Analysis, Contracting, Logistics, Team Building, RFP Building, Green Projects, Bidding Processes and Procedures, Change Management, Ownership Representation, Information Procurement and Tracking, Creative Problem Solving, Resource Management."
Nice- his email is here - https://gomason.com/staff-directory/andrew-lieber/399

Let me know what he says if you reach out to him. If you feel more comfortable feel free to DM me. I don't know Andrew so he isn't someone I have specifically reached out to for information.
 

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MasonSAE4

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Check your email 6 years from now when the school decides to revisit the practice facility again.
Yeah I can't express enough to people on here how much this project isn't happening. At best they'll shift a few walls around and repaint some stuff. But the project as is being imagined on here is not going to happen.
 

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Reappropriations

Fiscal YearAdjustment TitleAgency CodeReapprop Amount
2018FY 2018 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2019FY 2019 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2020FY 2020 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2021FY 2021 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2022FY 2022 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2023FY 2023 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000
2024FY 2024 Capital Reappropriation247$15,500,000


Project 18253: Construct Basketball Training, Wrestling and Athlete Academic Support Center
Project History
Lifetime Expenditures
Agency:George Mason University (247)Eligible for Pooled Funding: No
Project Type:New Construction
Agency CodeFund Detail CodeFund Detail TitleSubobject CodeSubobject Title2024 Legislative AppropriationMandated ReappropriationExecution AdjustmentsCurrent Operating AmountYTD 2024 Expenditures
24703000Higher Education Operating2411Unallotted Capital Amount$0.00$15,500,000.00$0.00$15,500,000.00$0.00
Total$0.00$15,500,000.00$0.00$15,500,000.00$0.00
 
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Pablo

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"The new Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center at George Mason University will be a 25,000-square-foot building that will host practices for “The Green Machine,” GMU’s athletic “pep” band/ensemble, as well as recreational athletic activities. The facility will consist of a full-sized NCAA basketball court, a flexible secondary recreation space for intermural pickup basketball and volleyball games, space for yoga and exercise classes, conference rooms, equipment storage, group rooms, small offices, and spaces for building services.

Our team is partnering with Powers Brown Architecture using a design-build delivery method."
 

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"The new Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center at George Mason University will be a 25,000-square-foot building that will host practices for “The Green Machine,” GMU’s athletic “pep” band/ensemble, as well as recreational athletic activities. The facility will consist of a full-sized NCAA basketball court, a flexible secondary recreation space for intermural pickup basketball and volleyball games, space for yoga and exercise classes, conference rooms, equipment storage, group rooms, small offices, and spaces for building services.

Our team is partnering with Powers Brown Architecture using a design-build delivery method."
Some environmental documents for both the Community, Music, and Wellbeing Center and new Practice facility are on DEQ's website here: https://public.deq.virginia.gov/OEIR/GMU/

Here's an excerpt from the rough site plan for the RAC addition/practice facility:
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Yeah I can't express enough to people on here how much this project isn't happening. At best they'll shift a few walls around and repaint some stuff. But the project as is being imagined on here is not going to happen.
Was just looking thru the BOV deck for their meeting this Thursday (thanks for the heads up Kaufman).

There is a page dedicated to the basketball practice facility, and it includes most of the details already shared here/what we already know: $30M addition to the RAC, same renderings they shared 6 years ago, etc. One new nugget of info on there though is that the estimated completion date is Summer 2026, a whopping 10 years after they first announced the overall project.

It's obvious that the previous AD/Admin de-prioritized this/dropped the ball after they got the "easy" Phase 1 done, because even for Mason's standards, it's ridiculous that a project like this should take a decade to complete.
 
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