Cal State Fullerton - Titan Yearbook (Fullerton, CA)

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Prologue

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Titan ' 87

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Below is the artist ' s rendering of the Marriott Inn and Conference Center which will be b uilt on the parking lot photographed to the right. Hotel Sets Stage For Sports Complex y the time members of today ' s fresh- m£ man class receive their diplomas, the C ' Titans will be playing football in their own home stadium and faculty members will be holding regional conferences in a unique commercial facility on campus. Final approvals came this fall for the con- struction of an on-campus hotel, the revenue from which will fund a sports complex else- where on campus. When completed in 1988, the $18 million Marriott Inn and Conference Center will be the first hotel on the campus of a public university in California. Completion of the $6.7 million sports complex is expected to follow in 1989. Support for the plan came from The Cali- fornia State University Board of Trustees; the Fullerton City Council, acting as the city ' s Redevelopment Agency; and the city ' s Plan- ning Commission. Endorsed by the university faculty and administration, the joint project is a model of cooperation between the universi- ty and the community. As part of a unique financing arrangement. revenue from the hotel will fund the universi- ty ' s share of the construction of the sports complex to be built in the northern part of campus. The majority of the cost will be paid by the redevelopment agency, which also is advancing Cal State ' s share, to be repaid from the Marriott project lease revenue. The planned six-story hotel will occupy 3.1 acres on the southeast corner of the campus adjacent to the Nutwood off-ramp of the 57 Freeway. The L-shaped building will contain a lobby, conference area, with a ballroom and two board rooms, restaurant, lounge and 224 guest rooms. Parking will consist of a single-level 84- space deck and 175 surface spaces. A sepa- rate entrance and exit from campus traffic along Nutwood Avenue will serve the com- plex. Construction is due to begin in the sum- mer of ' 87. The proposed sports complex will contain a 2,000-seat baseball pavilion and a 10,000 seat multipurpose stadium giving the Titan football team its first true home field. The past three seasons the Titans have played at Santa Ana Stadium. In the absence of a permanent on-campus stadium, most games are played on the road. The city will sell bonds to finance the ven- ture. Cal State will lease the land for the project to the city, which will then sublease the acreage to the Marriott Corp. Marriott ' s rent payments to the city will be used to retire the bond debt. When the bond payments are no longer required, Marriott ' s annual pay- ments will flow through the city to the univer- sity. Current projections call for the university to receive annual payments of $750,000 to $1 million for the 35-40 years after the bonds have been paid off. In 70 years, the university will own the hotel. Though not projected to open until the fall of 1988, the hotel already is figuring into the plans of conference organizers. Callers want to know how to book reservations for the planned facility. - Titan News 6 Titan ' 87