"University of Kentucky Basketball Museum – director for feasibility study; organized and directed professional consulting team, all meetings, functions, reports. "From the website, www.ncaa.com:
So "director of feasibility study" and "organizer of professional consulting team" Jane Murray told the UK Athletic Director that they would have over four times the number of fans than they actually had. As a result they had to shut down and ended up $1.2 million in debt. Was Jane Murray unaware of the fate of the museum or did she just assume we were to gullible to look into it? (How did the Portsmouth Times "drop the ball" on this story?) Does this give you a clue as to how she will address the City's problems?That sort of makes her big plans for Portsmouth seem a little hollow, doesn't it? She certainly talks a lot about bringing museums and cultural centers to Portsmouth. We wonder if anyone will ask Murray about that at her press conference. Much more interesting information about Murray's misadventures in Lexington are forthcoming. (All we can say is...no wonder she changed her name.)Game over: struggling UK basketball museum closes
LEXINGTON, Ky.(AP) The University of Kentucky Basketball Museum has shut its doors due to falling attendance and financial problems.
The museum, located in the Lexington Center near the entrance to Rupp Arena, has struggled to find an audience since opening in 1999.
Kentucky deputy athletic director Rob Mullens said Wednesday that the museum, which was not affiliated with the university, was averaging less than 25,000 visitors a year. Consultants told museum officials before it opened that 110,000 fans a year could push through the turnstiles.
Mullens said the university has decided to reallocate its annual $100,000 donation to the museum to help offset $1.2 million in debt.
Link: http://www.ncaa.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/070208aar.html
UK Basketball Museum (now defunct)
(Jane Murray will probably sue us for using her logo.)
Well looks like Jane is all talk and no action. Wonder if she just made the numbers up when doing her feasibility study? If she has trouble with a museum how will she handle an entire city? Looks like she has trouble reading a financial statement. I think she must have spent all of her time in college in the drama department. She is quite an actress.
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