U "fairly confident it will be able to raise the entire amount" for facilities

[BleedGopher]

U "fairly confident it will be able to raise the entire amount" for facilities

per the MN Daily:

The department is fairly confident it will be able to raise the entire amount, Teague said at the board meeting.

He said a feasibility study that officials completed in February showed corporations and private parties are interested in donating, but there aren’t many willing to donate more than seven figures.

Although Chris Werle, Minnesota’s senior associate athletics director for strategic communications, said there still isn’t a specific timeline for the project, Teague said at the meeting that he hopes the entire process will be shorter than the six- to eight-year time span he originally announced last July.

http://www.mndaily.com/news/campus/2014/07/15/athletics-department-preps-changes-facilities

Go Gophers!!

 

[60's Guy]

Cool!

Positive news. That's a good thing.

 

[MNVCGUY]

per the MN Daily:

The department is fairly confident it will be able to raise the entire amount, Teague said at the board meeting.

He said a feasibility study that officials completed in February showed corporations and private parties are interested in donating, but there aren’t many willing to donate more than seven figures.

Although Chris Werle, Minnesota’s senior associate athletics director for strategic communications, said there still isn’t a specific timeline for the project, Teague said at the meeting that he hopes the entire process will be shorter than the six- to eight-year time span he originally announced last July.

http://www.mndaily.com/news/campus/2014/07/15/athletics-department-preps-changes-facilities

Go Gophers!!

It's at least some news on the state of things although as expected still really vague. Fundraising is a tough business so while it would be great to see them get it done sooner then expected I won't be surprised at all if it takes the full amount of time they projected to get all the funds raised assuming they can even generate enough to get there in the first place. Winning programs in football, basketball, and hockey will help speed the process along.

 

[hungan1]

It's at least some news on the state of things although as expected still really vague. Fundraising is a tough business so while it would be great to see them get it done sooner then expected I won't be surprised at all if it takes the full amount of time they projected to get all the funds raised assuming they can even generate enough to get there in the first place. Winning programs in football, basketball, and hockey will help speed the process along.

It will be fantastic if they can shorten the time span. We need to keep the program building momentum going forward. New facilities and winning will sell the program.