Hilltopper Fieldhouse sees final beam raised, project nearing completion

BOWLING GREEN, Ky. – A project on Western Kentucky University’s campus is nearing completion, and the final beams were put into place on Tuesday.

The Hilltopper Fieldhouse is going to be a practice facility for the WKU Football team and the Big Red Marching Band, as well as the home to the Forensics and E-Sports teams on campus.

The project has been in the works for years, but the construction was actually a lot faster than anticipated.

President Timothy Caboni says this is going to be a huge addition to these teams on campus, and will give some of the students something on campus they didn’t previously have.

“It’s been remarkable how quickly this has worked and how hard folks have done the work to do things that were seemingly impossible a year or so ago… and when the fieldhouse opens this fall, all of these young people will have a place to call their own: a home,” Caboni says.

Stay tuned to WNKY News 40 tomorrow for more on this new fieldhouse.