Northwestern officially announced its $110-million renovations to Welsh-Ryan Arena on Thursday during a press conference. Our Sam Brief and Martin Oppegaard were there and took notes. Here are their takeaways from what was a very happy, exciting day.
Sam Brief: So Martin, there was a lot of positivity at the press conference today announcing the Welsh-Ryan Arena renovations. What was your biggest takeaway?
Martin Oppegaard: You know what Sam, I was about to ask you the same question. One of the big things that stood out to me was how genuinely happy Jim Phillips was.