Last Friday, Aug. 19, the WKU Board of Regents approved the construction of a $22 million, 140,000 square foot Med Center Health Sports Medicine Complex. Construction is set to begin January 2017.
About 57,000 square feet of the complex will be dedicated to support the Med Center Health’s sports medicine program, WKU’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program, and designated WKU sports programs.
An additional 83,000 square feet will be an indoor multipurpose training facility for use by the Physical Therapy program students and WKU Athletics.
The existing football field will be enclosed in the facility and the surface will be replaced with an artificial turf.