7am News, Sports and Obits
Latest WGIL news
Click to play or
Right click and "Save Target As" to download
Click for Galesburg, Illinois Forecast
Home - Cancellations - Community Events - Contact Us - Mornings - News - Obituaries - Pictures - Programs - Special Events Audio - Sports - Weather
Knoxville Sports Complex Half a Million Dollars Over Budget
District 202's Superintendent says it was a combination of three things that led to the new all-weather sports complex being more than half a million dollars over budget.

Steve Wilder says one factor was the initial cost estimations ending up being over budget. Another, he says, was modifying designs to make sure the district gets it right.

Wilder tells WGIL the third contributor dealt with volunteer-ism.

"While we've had (a) great response from the community, I think there have been some factors that have worked against us," Wilder said. "For example, the weather, it's been an unusually warm winter, (and) some of the guys and girls that might have been able come out and were willing to help, have been working hard to put food on the table."

"So we certainly want to respect that, and certainly will continue to do the best that we can."

The project calls for a new football field and surrounding track at Knoxville High School-- both already well in the works. The total cost though is now projected to be around $1.5 million dollars.

Good news is, Wilder says, the recent award from the governor of $20.2 million dollars in capital funding includes an allowance of $530,000 for funding athletic facilities.

$850,000 dollars had already been collected, and Wilder says the district won't have to tap into as much of the reserves to make up the difference.
02 29 12 by Newsroom
News management powered by Xpression News

Click here for the WGIL News Archive

Click here for national news

The following provision applies to all visitors (which shall include persons and representatives of legal entities, whether such representatives are persons or digital engines of a kind that crawls, indexes, scrapes, copies, stores or transmits digital content). By accessing this Web site or digital service, you specifically acknowledge and agree that: (i) Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium; (ii) No Associated Press materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and non-commercial use; (iii) The Associated Press will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing; (iv) The Associated Press is an intended third party beneficiary of these terms and conditions and it may exercise all rights and remedies available to it; and (v) The Associated Press reserves the right to audit possible unauthorized commercial use of AP materials or any portion thereof at any time.