[DetroitMan]

MSU plans new 4,000-seat sports arena, hotel on East Lansing campus

Michigan State University is looking to add a mixed-use project with a hotel and 4,000-seat arena for hosting regional Big Ten athletics events on its East Lansing campus.

The MSU board of trustees on Friday unanimously approved planning for the public-private development as well as construction of a $200 million Plant and Environmental Sciences building. Both projects are aimed at making the East Lansing-based university more competitive, both in the Olympic sports of volleyball, wrestling and gymnastics offered by its Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and in the attraction and retention of top researchers, MSU said.

As envisioned, the mixed-use project slated for 14 acres on the west side of MSU’s East Lansing campus will include a new hotel, retail space and a 4,000-seat athletics arena. It’s also expected to include locker rooms, coaches office space and classrooms for various academic units. The remainder of the project site would be financed, constructed, owned and operated by a developer to enhance the arena, MSU said. That could include buildings to support academic programs, a hotel to augment the 73-year-old Kellogg Center, mixed-use retail/office/housing, market-rate housing and parking to serve the site.

Officials did not disclose a budget or timeline for the proposed project.

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