COLUMBIA, MO. -- Update: Friday, Oct. 22 at 5:13 p.m.
As part of Mizzou’s homecoming festivities, the newly renovated MU Student Center was formally dedicated on Friday afternoon.
That’s also when school leaders unveiled a replacement for a long time Mizzou hangout.
A small bar and grill known as “The Shack” closed in 1984, and burned down 4 years later.
A new Shack will bring fond memories to alumni and create new ones for today’s students.
Cartoonist Mort Walker created Beetle Bailey at the original Shack.
The new $63 million MU Student Center has been open for business since the start of the school year.
The center used to be called Brady Commons.
Original Story:
As part of the homecoming festivities, the newly renovated student union at the University of Missouri will be formally dedicated at 3 p.m. on Friday.
That's also when the school will unveil "The Shack", the formerly run down building that closed in 1984, and burned down four years later.The new $63 million student center has been open for business since the start of the school year.
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