Rupp Arena Renovation Nqa Tshiab Saib rau Kentucky Basketball

Lexington, Kentucky, tam sim no muaj lub ntsej muag zoo nkauj tshiab yam tsis muaj kev faib tawm ntawm kev coj noj coj ua thiab keeb kwm los ntawm 1976-qhib Rupp Arena.

Ua tiav ntawm $ 310 lab Central Bank nthuav dav - ib txoj haujlwm 10-xyoo uas suav nrog kev npaj thiab kev tsim kho-pob hauv 2022 thiab Kentucky Basketball qhib nws thawj lub caij hauv Rupp Arena tshiab, ua tiav nrog lub ntsej muag tshiab sab nrauv, rov tsim kho thiab hloov kho. zaum.

Tom Harris, University of Kentucky tus lwm thawj coj ntawm tsev kawm ntawv kev sib raug zoo thiab ua tus lwm thawj coj rau kev pab nyiaj txiag thiab cov tub ntxhais kawm ntawv tau hais tias "Lub Central bank Center yog qhov zoo tshaj plaws rov xav txog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm cov rooj sib tham thiab chaw ua yeeb yam hauv plawv nroog Lexington thiab peb lub zej zog," kev koom tes. "Nws yuav ntxiv rau lub neej zoo nyob hauv Lexington."

Qhib rau xyoo 1976, Rupp Arena tau ua lub tsev hais plaub hauv tsev ntawm University of Kentucky txiv neej pab pawg ntaus pob, thiab tau tuav cov kev hais kwv txhiaj ntau tshaj plaub xyoos ntxiv. Tom qab kev tshaj tawm xyoo 2014 ntawm kev hloov kho tshiab rau lub complex, suav nrog qhov chaw nthuav dav ntawm qhov chaw, kev tsim kho tau raug muab qhwv rau hauv Central Bank Center. Cov kev hloov tshiab theem rau Rupp Arena tau tso cai rau 23,000-ntxiv-muaj peev xwm venue kom nyiam cov xwm txheej ntxiv, rhuav tshem cov neeg tuaj saib yav dhau los thiab cov ntaub ntawv nyiaj tau los ntawm lub tsev keeb kwm. Kev hloov kho zaum kawg rau Rupp Arena lub caij ntuj sov no, qhib rau lub sijhawm pib lub caij ncaws pob Kentucky, suav nrog cov chaw sib tw hwm tshiab.

"Kev tsim kho tshiab ntawm Rupp Arena ntawm Central Bank Center hloov cov chaw nyob rau hauv cov qauv niaj hnub rau kev lom zem uas txuas mus rau lub nroog nyob ib puag ncig los ntawm kev nthuav dav, caw cov kev paub," Robert Mankin, koom tes nrog NBBJ, lub tuam txhab tsim vaj tsev tsim lub luag haujlwm rau kev tsim kho tshiab. .

Cov kev hloov kho kom zoo nkauj tseem ceeb yog los ntawm kev hloov pauv ntawm qhov chaw ua yeeb yam thiab qhov chaw sib tham uas nyob ib sab los ntawm lub thawv uas tsis muaj lus piav qhia rau hauv qhov chaw ua vaj tse focal hauv nroog. "Kev kho dua tshiab ntawm Rupp Arena yog lub hom phiaj los khaws qhov tseeb ntawm lub tsev qub thaum tsim kom muaj kev sib koom tes zoo dua qub rau cov kiv cua," Mankin hais.

Lub arena nta ib theem tshiab suite nrog amenities thaum khaws cia thawj ob-tier tsos nyob rau hauv lub rooj zaum lub tais. Cov tuam tsev qub tau kho dua tshiab raws li qhov chaw nrhiav thiab qhov chaw nthuav tawm tshiab, cov chav sib tham thiab cov chaw sib tham ntawm qhov chaw sib tham uas nyob ib sab muab chav siv ntau dua rau qhov chaw. Qhov chaw ntau lub hom phiaj txuas nrog Rupp Arena nrog lub rooj sib tham qhov chaw nthuav dav.

Zuag qhia tag nrho, lub rooj sib tham tam sim no muaj 100,000 square feet ntawm qhov chaw ua yeeb yam, 25,000-square-foot multi-purpose ballroom, 16 chav sib tham thiab tshaj 50,000 square feet ntawm chaw tos txais qhua.

Cov kev hloov pauv hauv Rupp Arena suav nrog kev hloov kho ob sab hauv thiab sab nraud. Rupp lub rooj zaum (xav tias: lub rooj zaum nraub qaum) thiab cov duab pom tau hloov kho, nrog rau qhov ntxiv ntawm plaub qhov chaw tshiab, qhov nthuav dav peb-pem hauv ntej thiab ib lub chaw pej xeem. Lub sab nrauv kho kom zoo tag nrho kuj coj lub teeb ntuj mus rau hauv lub tsev kaw ua ntej.