{mosimage}OFFICIALS and students of the University of Santo Tomas broke ground July 29, 2008 for the construction of a gymnasium in anticipation of the 400th year anniversary of the university.

OFFICIALS and students of the University of Santo Tomas broke ground July 29, 2008 for the construction of a gymnasium in anticipation of the 400th year anniversary of the university.

    This proposed gymnasium, the latest in a line of many building construction projects, is being readied for the university’s Quadricentennial scheduled for 2011. The new building will become part of the UST Sports Complex, and will become the home of the UST Varsity players and past UAAP champions, the Growling Tigers.

    Rev. Fr. Rolando V. de la Rosa, O.P., UST Rector, led the ceremonies by actually breaking ground and planting the time capsule, which contains the plans for the building, a copy of the Academia Magazine, current newspapers, and other memorabilia of the present.

    The four-storey sports complex will contain a basketball court, with bleachers to accommodate 5,792 patrons. Aside from basketball, the complex will also house facilities for badminton, fencing, table tennis, indoor track, dancing, gymnastics, fitness center, and a museum with which to display the university’s trophies and medals received over the centuries as a trainer of top athletes. There will also be classrooms, administrative offices, and space for food concessionaires.

    It is designed by Thomasian architects Jose Pedro C. Recio, and Carmelo T. Casas, Architecture batch 1976.

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