The Lafayette Convention and Visitors Commission is seeking a $1 per year lease for five acres of university property at Cajun Field on which to build an indoor sports facility.
The University of Louisiana at Lafayette is facing financial difficulties that recently forced faculty and staff layoffs as well as other budget cuts.
UL would receive only $1 a year for the indoor sports facility property under a current proposal being considered, Ben Berthelot, president and CEO of the LCVC, said Tuesday.
The university already is under fire for signing a 55-year lease in 2020 with the Louisiana National Guard for which it is receiving no rent. The National Guard began construction in October on an 83,000-square-foot readiness center on Congress Street across from the Cajundome, surprising many residents and officials who knew nothing of the plan…