VCU prepares to build 2 practice fields at athletics village

The university also will tear down three buildings this spring to make way for the village, but construction on a $38 million track and field stadium remains delayed due to the Diamond District. VCU is seeking bids to construct two practice soccer fields, Meredith Weiss, vice president of administration, told the board of visitors Thursday. The fields will go on the southern end of the village near the intersection of Cummings Drive and Hardy Street. Though the university planned to build the new track and field stadium as part of...