Liberty Plans Vines Center Seating Upgrade
7/15/2008 12:00:00 AM | General
The Liberty University Administration along with the Athletics Department announced today a plan to upgrade and replace seating in the Vines Center.
The seating will provide a major facelift to athletic events, convocations, concerts and other events in the Vines Center, located in the heart of the Liberty Campus. The project is expected to be completed in time for the start of the 2008-09 Liberty Men's and Women's Basketball seasons.
The premium and reserved seating will be manufactured by Irwin Seating Company out of Grand Rapids, Mich., while Tessy Plastics in Lynchburg will provide seats for general admission areas.
The University will be purchasing 200 premium seats to replace the yellow and red chairs currently found in Section 120 of the arena. These seats will be blue and have a red and white embroidered Liberty Flames logo on the chair back. The cushioned, Marquee model seats feature a 24-inch seat, cup holder and wood accents. The section will become premium seating at all home basketball games.
In addition, the seating in Sections 118 through 122 will be removed and replaced with Irwin Citation chairs. These seats will become the reserved section at home basketball contests and will be red with a blue and white embroidered logo. Like the premium seats, the chairs will have a cup holder.
The rest of the seating in the Vines Center will be replaced with a new plastic seat in dark blue with the Liberty logo embossed on it. These seats are considered to be more durable than the current general admission seating.
Courtside seating will also be available during the 2008-09 season with waiter service for certain levels of Flames Club membership.
The seating project continues the improvement of the Vines Center facility.
