6/26/2023 0 Comments Suny cfcc av requests daily 2Until Phase 3 of the project, though, it will be used as a sort of overflow space for the fitness center when that also receives an upgrade. The area below the gym, in the space currently taken up by the pool’s mechanical infrastructure, will eventually be a strength and conditioning room for the school’s athletes, as well as a multi-purpose space for student groups. The gym will be outfitted to accommodate a bevy of recreational sports, Howard said, including basketball, pickleball, badminton, volleyball, indoor tennis and floor hockey. Phase 1 will encompass the area taken up by the pool, the main lobby and the administrative offices, which together make up most of the right side of the building, according to SUNY Plattsburgh Athletic Director Mike Howard. It’s part of Phase 1 of a three-phase schedule of renovations slated for Memorial Hall, the college’s main athletic building after the Field House. The pool is set to be shuttered at the end of this academic year to make room for a recreational gym for student use. “It’s a lot of alumni and families and parents in the area because they have kids who go here to swim,” Kollar said. They weren’t expecting to get as many signatures as they have, and they wanted to thank people outside of the student body who have shown support. ![]() They got the idea to start a petition after similar ones regarding the school’s ice removal and winter-weather closure policies garnered thousands of signatures in early February. ![]() “People were coming up to me and saying, ‘Hey, is it really closing?'” “I just started asking people how they felt about it,” Kollar said.
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