COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — Families and fans will be able to rent rooms in University of Missouri-Columbia residence halls for football games and other campus events starting this fall.
School leaders introduced the initiative to the Board of Curators at its meeting Thursday as a way to offset the financial burden of declining freshmen enrollment, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.
Due to a large projected dip in incoming freshmen this upcoming school year, university leaders have taken seven residence halls offline and decided to explore the option of renting them out. Three of the seven vacant residence halls have been chosen to be used for conference and guest housing.