Despite a struggling national economy, the Wisconsin Badgers Athletic Department plans to go forward with two major capital projects.
But not only have the projects been scaled back in terms of scope and cost, UW athletic director Barry Alvarez said he wouldn’t hesitate to pull back completely rather than jeopardize the financial future of his department.
Alvarez said this week that a practice facility for men’s and women’s hockey and an athletic performance center remain on the same priority course to be built starting in 2009. The projected cost of the two initiatives has been trimmed from approximately $100 million to $70 million.