ST. LOUIS (KMOX) - Saint Louis University will add a new 25,000-square-foot facility for its student athletes that will be constructed on the northwest corner of the Chaifetz Arena.
The $20 million project announced Tuesday afternoon is 100% privately funded, mostly thanks to Bob O'Loughlin, chairman and CEO of Lodging Hospitality Management, based in Maryland Heights. The new facility will be named the O'Loughlin Family Champions Center.
The facility will also be the operations center for the men's and women's basketball and soccer teams, and other sports.
"The best-in-class facility will impact all 400+ student athletes, delivering programming related to academic advising, spiritual development, sports performance, nutrition, wellness and, sports psychology, to name a few," according to a press release. "It will feature cutting-edge technology throughout the building to help deliver on the department's strategic objectives, which are to educate, compete, and building community."
This basketball season you can hear all Billikens men's basketball and some women's games on KMOX 1120, 98.7 FM and on the Audacy App.
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