Slideshow: Contractor Insists on Safety First on Arena Project

The August job walk at the Arena, the last one before the grand opening Sept. 1, was one for the record books. About 200 people, […]

Published August 3, 2011

Slideshow: Arena Job Walk 7.5.11

The countdown is on. “57 more days and then I’m out of here,” jokes Superintendent Neal Baker of Perini Construction. Starting July 5, there are […]

Published July 6, 2011

A Year Later, It’s an Arena (But It’s Still Hot Outside)

One year ago Saturday, more than 300 GCU employees and guests assembled on a grassy plot on the southeastern corner of campus, the site where […]

Published June 24, 2011

Arena’s Big Board Already a Big Win for GCU

Atlanta-based Innovation Sports Marketing began installation of the main scoreboard in the new GCU Arena on Tuesday, adding another piece to a state-of-the-art facility that […]

Published June 22, 2011

Slideshow: Arena Job Walk 6.7.11

On Tuesday’s monthly tour of the Arena construction site, Superintendent Neal Baker of Perini Construction said the facility is only 85 days from its scheduled […]

Published June 8, 2011

Slideshow: Photos from Joplin

[nggallery id=39] Russ Pennell, GCU’s head coach for men’s basketball, grew up 20 miles from Joplin. Mo., and describes the May 22 tornado as “a […]

Published June 7, 2011

Slideshow: GCU's Military Division Salutes Vets at VA Center

GCU’s Military Division turned out in force Wednesday morning for a pre-Memorial Day visit to the VA Medical Center in central Phoenix, distributing coffee, doughnuts […]

Published May 25, 2011

Slideshow: What’s Really Going Down on Campus

Out with the old and in with the new. That will be a theme all summer on the main campus, with older buildings being torn […]

Published May 23, 2011

Slideshow: Arena Tracking for September Opening

Tuesday’s job walk revealed an Arena that is coming along ahead of schedule and could be completed by the first of September. Project director Charlie […]

Published May 4, 2011