If the Christian rock concert stage doesn’t draw students away from boozy State Street, perhaps the laundry machines, fireplace study rooms or game room might.
Pastor Thomas Trapp says the palatial Wisconsin Lutheran Chapel and Student Center, scheduled to open later this month, has everything students need to serve as a home away from home.
“It’s just where we want to be,” said Trapp, noting its location at 220 W. Gilman St., just steps away from State Street. “To be where the action is, where the students are, to give them an alternative.” The $5.1 million center is the first of four new private religious facilities planned for University of Wisconsin-Madison students.