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Military assesses Mizzou sports venues as overflow health care centers

Missouri forward Laurence Bowers dunks the ball on an assist from Phil Pressey in second half action during a game between Missouri and Appalachian State on Saturday, Dec. 1, 2012, at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com

Chris Lee

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Military organizations met with campus leadership at the University of Missouri last week in Columbia to consider the school’s two major athletics venues as possible emergency hospitals during the coronavirus pandemic, MU confirmed Tuesday.

The Columbia Daily Tribune first reported Monday that the Missouri National Guard and U.