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Extra Points: Fresh Takes

By Lee Pace

Where once there was dark wood harkening to a law office or wealth management firm, today there is white, white everywhere with Carolina blue popping like a firecracker at every turn.

Where today there is a cramped training room built for a roster and the medical technology of the 1990s, at this moment the contractor is ready to dig 41-foot deep holes in the ground just to the north of the building's main entrance that will soon provide the foundation for indoor recovery pools and an underwater treadmill.

What was innovative in the late 1990s was having an intimate theater with hype videos produced over months-long timetables from a production firm and studio in Atlanta.