Regents approve baseball park improvements, library services fee Construction will begin immediately on restrooms and concession stands at USAO's Bill Smith Ballpark, after architectural plans were approved last week by the USAO Board of Regents. We are encouraged by the progress both teams have made. These improved facilities will allow us to host tournaments and to make our facilities available to area schools, and to better fulfull the community service portion of our mission. The project includes a two-story building with restrooms and concession stands to be constructed at each of the baseball and softball fields on Grand Avenue at 20 th Street. The upper deck in each building is a press box.
Construction is to begin immediately using several contractors.
That work will be done by Cotner Construction and Masonry Services. Regents approved the new fee as a source to fund ongoing library improvements and longer hours. USAO has been the only four-year state institution without a library fee. In his monthly report to the board, President Roy Troutt reported on enrollment and the status of education funding in Oklahoma. Those figures indicate that fewer part-time students enrolled this spring.