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Show l3trdl Checks ,T h e controversial Special lvrents Arena plans are still 'ounded, although work contin-js contin-js on the Physical Education cilities. I President James C. Fletcher iid Tuesday the University's ans to begin building the dome taped Arena are pending until e Board of Regents has time to fcview them. However, he said, ie Board of Regents is not renewing re-newing the Physical Education tcilities which includes asquatic ,id gym buildings plus teaching ij;cilities. k Salt Palace Controversy liThe controversy, centering on he Sports Arena, involves the ;w Salt Lake Civic Auditorium he Salt Palace). Mayor J. 'Vacken Lee has publicly stated jere is no need for two centers ehich can handle sports. Mayor e, quoted in the Deseret News, '.id Salt Lake voters were iiiuped" by the University 'bard of Regents to approve the vic Auditorium bond issue hile they "soft-pedaled" their vn plans for the Sports Arena. tiHowever, President Fletcher lid he and the Civic Auditorium jjbard have a "pleasing relation-iiip", relation-iiip", and that no events are anned for which both centers pould be competing. "We are )t interested in holding a circus . our Sports Arena," he said. Bi I Double Pressure LSt "Pressure," President Fletch-it Fletch-it said, "is being exerted in Ltth directions." giGordon Gee, a member of the 5UU Organization's Board said e Sports Arena will not be used Uely for athletic endeavors. odel United Nations Assem-ies, Assem-ies, commencements, singing rformances and other activi-;s activi-;s will also be held there. Pres. .etcher said the center will ive a multitude of uses. . Summer Request During the summer the Co-or-nating Council for Higher Ed ucation asked the University of Utah and Utah State to review their building plans. A committee was formed to study the situation and report to the Board of Regents, who will make the final decision on the issue. Pres. Fletcher said, "The Board of Regents will take an honest and objective look at the situation, and will not sell the students down the river." Main Concern Pres, Fletcher said the regents will study ways of reducing the cost of the $3.7 million Arena. But a main concern is the actual need for such a building. "There is no question as far as the students are concerned," the President said. "At the last poll we took, they were more adamant than ever." State Contribution The Sports Complex, consisting consist-ing of the Sports Arena and the Physical Education facilities, will cost $9.5 million, $5.8 million mil-lion of that being spent on the P.E. buildings, and $3.7 million being spent for the Arena. The State contributed $2.3 million to help build the physical education educa-tion facilities but did not contribute con-tribute anything to build the Special Spe-cial Event Arena. The money for these buildings was bonded last year. The bond was taken out by the ASUU offices of-fices at 3.5 per cent. The decision deci-sion was first made in 1964 when the then existing Senate approved ap-proved by the Board of Regents voted to raise the special building build-ing fee to $50 a year so that a new library could be built. The fee was raised on the condition that the state donate one-half necessary to finance the library. "However," Pres. Fletcher said, "the new library will not use any State funds, and will be the only university library in the United States to be built entirely with student funds." |