This podcast contains comments from city of Bryan special projects director Frank Clark during the November 23, 2020 city council meeting.

Monday's Bryan city council workshop meeting included an update on the construction at Midtown Park.

Most of the time was spent reviewing the latest details of the sports and events center (SEC).

While the final design won't be completed until the spring of 2021, there was no opposition voiced to renderings that were shown of the SEC's exterior design or any of the interior components.

The center is currently configured to accommodate eight basketball courts or 16 volleyball courts...both with bleacher seating...or 320 exhibit booth spaces.

The center can also be divided for half the number of basketball or volleyball courts while the other half can have a 60 by 40 foot stage and seating for 2,246 (not socially distanced) for an event.

The center would also have what was described as a separate "flex" meeting rooms, an arcade, party rooms, a concession area, and an e-sports room.

Construction is slated to start in the spring or summer of next year and be completed in the summer of 2022.

The council was also told that (1) dirt work associated with widening and deepening the lake is supposed to be completed next spring, (2) construction of the new lake dam is supposed to be completed next fall, (3) construction of the entrance signage and landscaping is supposed to start in January and be completed next June, (4) bids on building a two mile outer loop trail will solicited this winter, and (5) construction of Travis Park ballfields and parking is supposed to be completed next spring.