Georgia State recently received $1 million from the Sun Belt for its annual payout, a school spokesman said.
This was the second payout the school received as a member of the conference. Last year, the school received $540,000. This year’s increase was mostly due to the payouts received from the College Football Playoff.
Speaking of money, a few updates on some of the facilities and projects that Georgia State’s athletic department is working on:
The strength and conditioning center located next to the football team’s practice facility at 188 MLK Dr. is still scheduled to be operational by Aug. 1. There haven’t been any significant cost increases as construction has continued and the building is still slated to cost approximately $675,000, according to athletic director Charlie Cobb. The equipment that will be put into the building will cost $250,000.
A preliminary evaluation of the Aquatic Center, which is supposed to be turned into a practice court for the men's and women's basketball teams, is due in the next few days. Cobb said in April that the cost is expected to be $1.5 million.
Lastly, the new $420,000 Daktronics LED video scoreboard in the Sports Arena is expected to be installed in July. The scoreboard will replace the existing one that hangs above the center of the court. Cobb said the new one is almost twice the size of the old one and will have full replay capabilities. The scoreboard will be four-sided, with two LED videoboards that will face the end lines. They are approximately 7 1/4-feet tall and 11 1/2 feet wide. Two more videoboards will face the sidelines. They are approximately 7 1/4-feet tall and 18 ¾ feet wide.
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