VSU one step closer to Ashley Cinemas purchase

Ashley Cinemas, 1,99 dollars per theater, Valdosta, may one day be greater when the market VSU's theater is finalized.

VSU proposal to buy Ashley Cinemas for various features such as parking, classrooms, and even the demolition was approved in September by the University System of Georgia Board of Regents.

"We must look at how the campus is growing," Phil Gunter, provost and vice president for Academic Affairs told the audience in February article "VSU is seeking the purchase of Ashley Cinemas».

"(Ashley Cinemas) is a valuable piece of land."

More specific plans will be when VSU closed the sale, but for now the market has not been finalized, according Thressea Boyd, assistant to the president for communications.

The school intends to lease the theater from the Georgia Theatre Company and keep it in operation at present. However, one of the potential market includes the demolition of the theater to use the area for the expansion of the sports complex to include a piece of women's track team

. Things are also set to 273 parking spaces of the theater for the North Campus athletic facilities, such as the scope Billy Grant. The planned Health Sciences and Business Administration Building was raised as another reason for the market.

"(Ashley Cinemas) been purchased for parking," said Boyd. "It was purchased in anticipation of the Health Sciences and Business Administration Building approved, so we will need additional parking and staging area for construction."

If all goes according to Appendix Master Plan, the building, scheduled to be built next to City Hall Pound North Campus », will extend the time for the College of Nursing and College of Business from 22 classrooms and 141 offices.

Another proposed long-term plan is to use the building for classrooms and throughout the theater. Supplementary funds will Principal secretary, planning and development,

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