WSU’s new indoor practice facility – to be called ‘The Taylor Sports Complex’ – moves to final design stage
By Evan Ellis, Pullman Radio News, 11:08am Nov 21, 2022
The project to build a new indoor practice facility for Washington State University Athletics has moved to the final design phase.
WSU Regents approved a $2.4 million design budget for the Taylor Sports Complex during their meeting on Friday.
The entire project is expected to cost up to $27.4 million. Cougar Athletics has already received more than $20 million in cash donations to build the facility. Construction of the new building is expected to begin in the winter of 2024. The Taylor Sports Complex will replace the "bubble" which was built 20 years ago.
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In January 2022, WSU News said the WSU Regents unanimously approved naming the complex Scott and Lisa Taylor, a “generous Coug couple.”
“In addition to contributing $7 million toward the project, Scott and Lisa Taylor’s initial gift was leveraged as part of a facility matching campaign and inspired $23 million in further gifts in the six months that followed,” said WSU News.
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A story in September 2021 by Pullman Radio News said the Taylors live in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
A story in March 2021 from KAPP (Yakima) KVEW (Kennewick) television stations includes:
The Cougar ties run deep for Scott and Lisa, spanning seven decades. Scott’s parents are both WSU alumni and Scott (’82) and Lisa (’83) both graduated from WSU with a degree in business. In addition, two of their three children are also WSU alums.
“The memories that Washington State University and Cougar Athletics have given us are a treasured part of our lives and we believe the benefits of the IPF will help create more wonderful memories for generations of Cougars to come,” said Scott and Lisa.
- Photo of the Taylors from Big Country News.
- Photo of “Rendering of the Taylor Sports Complex to be constructed on the Pullman campus of Washington State University,” from WSU News.
