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BREAKING: FAU Releases Concept and Timeframe for Student Union Renovation

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Information, Concept Art, and Walk-through Videos can be found here: https://www.fau.edu/studentunion/the-new-u

Additions include:
  • A New 33,000 Square Feet Community Banquet Hall to be built between the Union and Parking Garage 1. (Currently the site of the Union Concert Green). This includes a renovated union plaza space.
  • A complete modern renovation of the current Student Union first floor, including the removal of the current Burrow Bar and Grill for a permanent game and activity space.

Construction is expected to begin in the Fall of 2019, and is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2020.



The Layout for the Renovation. The new Banquet Hall and plaza is on the right.

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I love these changes. Everything very modern. The Banquet Hall is fantastic, the plaza is awesome.

I don't see anything about the second floor so I assume that will stay largely as-is… which is probably OK though the University Press and OWLTV need larger, more respectable workspaces.

I'm surprised they're removing The Burrow but in all its different iterations it was never really that happening a spot whereas gaming is huge in the Union.

Years ago I made a push for rooms/space with projectors for the screen, which would really elevate it beyond, say, what you could do in your dorm, but they took a long time from those talks to here so I'm not surprised.

But I will say, after playing splitscreen Halo on a 10-12 foot tall wall on the side of my friend's house.. that would have been amazing at FAU!

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That's it… I'm coming back.

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Update: Found this sign outside the Student Union last week:




Will FAU sponsor E-Sports next fall?

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