The University of Connecticut says it’s received enough donations and pledges to begin construction of a basketball training center at its Storrs campus, The Associated Press reports.
Â
The University of Connecticut Foundation announced on Tuesday that it has donations and pledges in hand for $24 million of the $32 million cost to build the UConn Basketball Development Center. It said it expects financing for construction to begin as soon as possible.
The project is expected to take about two years to complete.
UConn says alumnus Mark Shenkman and his wife, Rosalind, committed $2 million.
Shenkman is chairman of the UConn Foundation Board of Directors. He’s already donated $2.5 million to a separate athletic training and student recreational facility named for him.
