MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee and the entire university are inviting the public to attend the ribbon cutting and official opening of the Student Union Building.The event will begin at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Sept. 19, outside the main entrance with the revolving door, which faces west toward the courtyard and College of Education Building.
In the event of rain, the event will move inside to the 840-seat ballroom.
“We have a wonderful new Student Union Building and are excited to showcase it to the public,” McPhee said. “Our students truly are enjoying this great facility. We want our alumni and friends of the university to celebrate this moment with us as we officially observe the opening the facility, and also enjoy it for years to come.”
Parking will be available in the lot north of the Student Union Building next to Blue Raider Drive and near Greenland Drive.
Since the building opened Aug. 24, the ballroom has been completely furnished, as have the game room, 95-seat theater and Blue Raider Grill restaurant.
The Centennial history bands also now are engraved with the names of past Student Government Association presidents along with some university history.
The three-story building cost nearly $65 million. It is nearly 211,000 square feet in size, and its length is one-and-a-half football fields, or 150 yards.
The first floor features Phillips Bookstore, six new food-service venues, a 640-seat food court and 102-seat casual-dining restaurant.
In addition to the ballroom and theater, the building’s second floor includes the SGA’s 84-seat parliamentary room, a formal meeting and dining area, a collaborative computer center and more.
The third floor includes offices for the SGA, Student Unions, Student Programming, Student Organizations and the Center for Student Involvement and Leadership.
