{"id":46847,"date":"2022-05-19T16:16:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-19T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/?p=46847"},"modified":"2022-08-12T16:17:23","modified_gmt":"2022-08-12T21:17:23","slug":"tamus-regents-approve-tarleton-convocation-and-event-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tamus-regents-approve-tarleton-convocation-and-event-center\/","title":{"rendered":"TAMUS Regents Approve Tarleton Convocation and Event Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-300x210.jpeg\" alt=\"event center\" class=\"wp-image-46849\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-300x210.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-1024x717.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-571x400.jpeg 571w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-768x538.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center.jpeg 1418w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption><strong>The Texas A&amp;M University System Board of Regents has approved a $110 million capital project request to design and construct a Convocation and Event Center in the heart of Tarleton State University\u2019s main campus.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The Texas A&amp;M University System Board of Regents today approved a $110 million capital project request to design and construct a Convocation and Event Center in the heart of Tarleton State University\u2019s main campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is a tremendous day in Tarleton history,\u201d said university President James Hurley. \u201cWe are incredibly grateful for the unwavering support of A&amp;M System regents and Chancellor John Sharp. Today\u2019s vote proves they\u2019re all in for a state-of-the-art venue to propel our institution and promote our community.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seating up to 7,500, the multipurpose center will sport NCAA Division I basketball facilities and room for academic symposiums, conferences, conventions and concerts. Tarleton convocations, commencements and student activities will have a permanent indoor home, and Stephenville will enjoy increased revenue from community and regional events.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA strong university has a moral and social obligation to work with its community to deliver an outstanding higher education while spurring economic development and improving regional quality of life,\u201d Dr. Hurley said. \u201cWe\u2019re doing that. Let the designing begin!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Texas A&#038;M University System Board of Regents today approved a $110 million capital project request to design and construct a Convocation and Event Center in the heart of Tarleton State University\u2019s main campus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":46849,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"image":false},"author_meta":{"display_name":"brian","author_link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/author\/brian-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3\/"},"featured_img":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2022\/08\/event_center-300x210.jpeg","coauthors":[],"tax_additional":[],"comment_count":0,"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 years ago","modified":"Updated 4 years ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on May 19, 2022","modified":"Updated on August 12, 2022"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on May 19, 2022 4:16 pm","modified":"Updated on August 12, 2022 4:17 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"Purple flowers in front of a statue on a sunny day.","series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46847","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46849"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}