Texas Tech University - La Ventana Yearbook (Lubbock, TX)

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Tech campus blockaded by Construction Constuction of the Texas Tech multi-purpose athletic and physical education building was to be completed by July 1986 at an estimated cost of $5.8 million. According to Jack Fenwick, director of facility planning, the building itself costs $4.7 million. Bond sales against future income supplied more than $2 million of the funds, while about $1.5 million came out of departmental income and a $1.2 million donation from the Red Raider Club. The multi-million dollar project will have a 50-yard football field, a basketball court, four tennis courts, a Vs-mile track, a weight room and locker facilities. Accor- ding to Fenwick, the first priority for the building will be for athletes, then possibly for the physical education department. Located at the intersection of Sixth Street and Boston Avenue, just south of Jones Stadium, the building is in a lot once used for intramural sports. Con struction of the new facility meant the destruction of the old In- tramural Gym, a barnlike structure that once served as home for Tech ' s basketball team, seven tennis courts and two multi-purpose fields. Also torn down were the out- door basketball and handball courts. In addition, a new road had to be constructed into the University Loop Road system at a cost of $235,000. Accor- ding to Joe MacLean, direc- tor of recreational sports, it will take about $880,000 to rebuild elsewhere what was torn down. In the long run, we will be better off because we will have better facilities, but it will be hard for a while, he said. The biggest problem is not having enough tennis courts. MacLean said there also will be a hard time finding enough Softball fields because of the demand from fraterni- ty and dorm students. — Kim Massey SMSi, .. Darrel Thomas The new indoor athletic facility will provide workout space for men ' s and women ' s athletics at Tech. The theater arts building was another victim of construc- tion as a new passageway was built for it. lb — Campus Construction

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Rick Springfield performs for a near sellout crowd at Lubbock Municipal Coliseum. Springfield ' s stage show was one of the biggest to hit the Hub City. Martha Davis of the Motels per- forms as the opening act for Rick Springfield. The Motels delighted the audience with past hits such as Only the Lonely and Shock. Jack Blades of Night Ranger gives an acoustically plagued performance for a disappointed audience that seemed to enjoy only the opening act. Alan Andrews Designed by Tony Renteria Concerts — 15

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Construction to restore the in- Once complete, this auxilary service dustrial textile building was almost tunnel will enable campus air condi- complete before the fall semester tioning services to be repaired began, but work on the pipes was without affecting the entire campus, not. Designed by Tony Renteria Campus Construction — 17