 The new Performing Arts Academic Center will meet a critical need on our campus. It will provide a space that is equivalent to the wonderful talents that our students, our faculty have, and it has been a long time coming. The Performing Arts Academic Center would not only further elevate the program, but would also serve as a new campus icon that could literally transform this part of the university's campus into a new hub of activity. What's not to like about being the buzz of the Performing Arts Center world? What's not to like about introducing to that performance world that we are serious about the arts at the University of Alabama? We are where legends are made. We create them here, and now we will have a legendary facility to house those legends. Thank you.