The Pentagon dining hall will not meet its goal of reopening during the fall semester.
Setbacks in the hall’s renovation have forced dining services to reschedule its opening to the spring semester.
“Pentagon is more than 30 years old and unfortunately when we get into buildings of that age, it is possible to run across unexpected events,” said David Heidke, director for Dining and Concessions. “When we took the building down to its structure, we found sections of the concrete floor that were bad and needed replacing and the roof had to be completely replaced.”
The hall is currently undergoing about $6 million in renovations. Heidke said the costs for the renovations are built into a 17-year plan to pay for all campus dining renovations with funds generated from dining sales — like meal plans — on campus.
“[The renovated Pentagon Dining Hall] will be very, very similar to 459 in terms of the program, the menu and the style of how we present and provide our menu and food options to students,” Heidke said.
 
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