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Great Southern to fund JQH Arena scoreboard

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Springfield-based Great Southern Bank has committed a gift to Missouri State University for the purchase of a video scoreboard for JQH Arena, estimated to cost between $1.5 million and $1.8 million.

The equipment would replay video highlights, display high-tech graphics and provide real-time information about games and events.

“This is a terrific milestone for the new arena, and we very much appreciate the generosity of Bill Turner, Joe Turner and Great Southern Bank,” MSU President Michael Nietzel said in a news release Monday. “It continues a long and mutually beneficial relationship between Missouri State and Great Southern.”

Groundbreaking for the $67 million arena is scheduled to take place at 10 a.m. Thursday. east of Hammons Student Center. Its targeted completion date is November 2008, in time for the 2008-09 basketball season.

The arena is named in honor of Springfield developer John Q. Hammons, who has agreed to chip in $30 million of its cost. It will feature more than 11,000 seats, 22 private suites, more than 100 loge seats, 55 courtside seats, a Hall of Fame, a team souvenir store and a ticket office.

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