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Virginia Tech Football unveils reimagined Sanghani Player Lounge
BLACKSBURG – Virginia Tech head coach Brent Pry and Tech Athletics officially unveiled the first look at the newly-renovated Sanghani Player Lounge on Thursday. The 2021 renovation was made possible thanks to the generosity of Virginia Tech graduate and longtime donor Mehul Sanghani as part of a larger gift to Tech Athletics. The renovation also includes expanded offices and work space for Tech's player personnel and recruiting staff.
Sanghani and his wife, Hema, have a long history of giving back to their alma mater. In January of 2021, the couple made a $10 million gift to Virginia Tech to support the newly renamed Sanghani Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, which will be headquartered at the university's groundbreaking Innovation Campus in Alexandria, Virginia. The Sanghani's also endowed and established The Market of Virginia Tech to combat food insecurity on campus and in the surrounding local community.
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In addition to funding the player lounge renovation, the gift to Tech Athletics from Sanghani will also fund four new full-time positions in football recruiting to further enhance the Hokies' player personnel initiatives, with particular focus on continuing to bolster Tech's graphic design and digital content teams. The contribution for Sanghani also includes as annual contribution to Tech's Football Enhancement Fund.
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Just in time for NIL to matter more than facilities! Still pretty sick though.
How so? What's your take?
It seems the facilities arms race will probably decline due to those donations being diverted towards things like NIL funds and direct payments to players. Not saying facilities aren't still important, just that there are other avenues to spend money which may be more meaningful to players.
I think you're going to keep seeing a lot of both.
I'm glad to see VT getting a facelift here and there. The facilities are noticeable when recruits come to visit, and it's good for the players.
Oh good they have some arcade basketball, cross training is important!
They said take the squires break zone and make it athletic
/s looks good tho
Wow what a gift. Big thanks to the Sanghani's
This is what I want my basement to look like
Typically, man says something like this and one of his friends says, "Oh, what will the Mrs. think?"
...typically.
Think you're about as safe as anyone could be from that one. 🤣🤣
But...we don't have a basement. Seems like that is more of a roadblock than anything else.
But the man's got aspirations. Nobody wants a man without dreams.I need to stop reading things so quickly. SMH.
But you're not the roadblock is my point. It's easier to get a different house than a different wife.
Not as long as the internet exists. They're probably equal footing. You didn't say it had to be a good choice, just a different choice.
House with a basement, in this market?
Well, often you lose the wife you lose the house. So...
Remember the old Jerry Reed song? She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyqe8n-pbqQ
Exactly.
I have a shovel you can borrow
Ahh, I posted before reading all the comments. Oh well, seems like a good excuse for a drink.
Start digging?
What? No giant slide? I want a refund.
Not even a lazy river or putt putt. Burn the program down.
We need a new Cribs thread someone get a tour.
https://www.thekeyplay.com/content/2011/april/12/cribs-hokies-football-l...
Crazy, looks just like my basement
When's the KPC party?
This is fantastic. Major props to Mehul for his time and resources to bring this to life. So much momentum behind the program right now and I love it.
Going to name my first born Virginia Tech Athletics in hope someone mistakenly sends me $10m
When I first looked at this I thought it said it was called the "Shanghai" players lounge.
Reminds me of Dave & Buster's
Are you joking because that's what the former coach said he actually wanted or are you serious?
No, I'm actually serious. I had no idea the coach of whom we do not speak said he wanted that.
Something about the neon lighting and game machines, plus the massive TV viewing area just gives it that D&B vibe.
Fuente said he wanted the lounge to have a Dave & Buster's vibe to it. So mission accomplished I guess.
Where's the Hardees?
Instead of prize tickets the arcade games give out hardees coupons
These guys need to eat healthy... and if we really want some talent from the South we need a Zaxby's
Do you remember the recruit from way back who chose auburn over clemson due to chickfila?
https://www.wistv.com/story/16661676/clemson-loses-linebacker-recruit-du...
Hokie Grill... How I miss managing thee.
Could crush some Blue Ridge BBQ right now.
I was a big turkey sandwich with cranberry spread fan.
I try to go get one every time I'm in Blacksburg and have time to kill before a basketball game.
Ah man I loved ho grill... grab some chickfila and then pizza hut breadsticks and hope you get a box with 4
It was like, hmm do I want Chick Fil A? Yes, but man I could kill a BBQ sammich from Blue Ridge too. Also yeah Pizza sounds good. Oh wait...I can get them all and swipe my card and drunkenly meander back to my apartment?? Amazing.
While on the subject, who remembers late night corn dog nugs from DX? I always left that place feeling:
In my day we only had chick fil a and pizza hut ::::shakes cane::::
Ew, old person alert! /s
No Pizza Hut, no Chickfila. A Gumby pizza at 1am just hit. That, and I had the privilege of Carol Lees being across from Squires. Those were the days... and get off my lawn.
Gumby's was great up through 2003 or so. Maybe a bit before. Something changed and it wasn't as good later.
Didn't stop drunks from crushing pokey sticks though.
When I was in school I had to make my own god damn food...
I went to culinary school😂😂😂😂
There's a Zaxby's on Turner Street.
yes, but its not IN the player's lounge... but access needs to be based on position - WR & secondary players can only eat there once a week. OL get all-you-can-eat.
Can't they just deliver by drone to the player's lounge?
Really Zaxbys?
Always thought PDQ had better chicken tbh.
It's better than Zaxbys sure.
**deadpan**
Real slap in the face to players who have been around and stuck through the regime change...
So.. is this player lounge open to ALL VT players or only to Football players?
I'm waiting on the unveils new uniforms post.