Assembly Hall at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign could see more than $60 million in improvements and additions during the next few years if the university follows recommendations in a recently released study. The Ellerbe Becket study evaluates the feasibility of modernizing the 39-year-old Assembly Hall in line with standards set by newer multi-use and basketball facilities.

In recent years the firm has renovated UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center and the Haas Pavilion at the University of California at Berkeley. New Ellerbe Becket-designed arenas will open at the University of Maryland (Comcast Center) later this year and at the University of Miami (Fla.) in early 2003.

To learn more about the study, go to the press release on the University of Illinois Web site.