Groundbreaking for the renovation of Arizona State's Wells Fargo Arena and construction of an adjacent hockey/multi-purpose arena could be in the third quarter of 2019.
ASU Vice President of Athletics Ray Anderson said the capital projects, to be done simultaneously, would then be completed in fall 2021.
"We don’t have a date per se for groundbreaking, but you know my impatience," Anderson said. "My preference is third quarter of 2019. I’m not the only one who has a decision in this, but I’m pushing toward that and I have confidence we’ll get that done."
He reaffirmed that men's and women's basketball and others teams currently using Wells Fargo Arena will not be displaced during renovation of the 14,000-seat arena, built in 1974.