- Auburn trustees unanimously approved construction of a 92-point-5 (m) million dollar basketball arena today. It will be the state's largest one-time expenditure for an athletic building. The new complex will have 96-hundred seats, two practice courts, a weight room, premium and courtside seating and 12 suites with outdoor areas that will also open on football Saturdays. The university will accept construction bids next spring, and the arena is expected to be ready for the 2010-11 season. Basketball coaches Jeff Lebo and Nell Fortner both offered rave reviews on the plans for a new arena. The arena will be built across the street from 40-year-old Beard-Eaves-Memorial Coliseum and separated from Jordan-Hare Stadium by a parking lot. The university will fund about 65 percent of the cost through bonds and wants to raise the rest in donations. No money will come from Auburn's general fund.
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