MEDIA ADVISORY


McCue Center Open House Tonight at 6:30
NEW VENTURE JOINS SPORTS AND MEDICINE UNDER ONE ROOF

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Oct. 23 -- Come celebrate the opening of a joint project 
bringing together the Reebok Athletics Center, U.Va.'s Health Systems 
Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Clinic, and HealthSouth's Sports Rehabilitation 
Center on the third floor of the McCue Center.

Tonight's event, scheduled to begin at 6:30, will include tours of the newly 
completed facilities, refreshments, and a number of guest speakers. They will 
include Hovey Dabney, rector of U.Va.'s Board of Visitors;  Leonard Sandridge, 
vice president and chief financial officer;  Terry Holland, director of 
athletics;  Dr. Robert Cantrell, vice president and provost for Health 
Systems; and Robbie Robinson of Reebok. 

The official grand opening ceremony is set to begin at 7 p.m., with tours 
scheduled for 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend. The McCue Center is 
located next to University Hall on Massie Road. 

The McCue Center, which was opened in 1991, houses football coaches' and 
academic support staff offices and conference rooms; sports medicine and 
strength and conditioning staff offices; a 7,000-square-foot athletic 
training room; an 8,000-square-foot weight room; and a spacious football 
locker room facility that leads onto U.Va.'s football practice field area. 
The weight room and football locker room were named the best in the nation by 
Sports Illustrated in its 1992 college football preview edition. The third 
floor of the center had been left unfinished until now to allow for future 
growth. 

The McCue Center, which was funded by more than 600 private financial 
contributors, was named in honor of U.Va. team physician Dr. Frank C. 
McCue III. McCue is in his 36th year of treating Virginia athletes and is one 
of the nation's leading orthopaedic surgeons. 


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                                                       October 23, 1997

For more information on the open house, call (804) 924-6189. Television 
reporters should call our TV News Office at (804) 924-7550.