westfaironline.com October 3, 2022
West Point athletics ready for touchdown with $145M stadium project
(top) Rendering of East Stands exterior rear. (bottom) Michie Stadium, rendering of new structure during football event.
BY PETER KATZ Pkatz@westfairinc.com
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t the United States Military Academy at West Point the start of construction is anticipated for a $145 million project to help mod-
ernize the iconic 38,000-seat Michie Stadium. In July of last year, the Army West Point Athletics Association (AWPAA) announced initial plans for the launch of the Michie Stadium Preservation Project. It said the organization
would be working the West Point Association of Graduates to raise $95 million in support of a project to reconstruct the stadium’s East Stands and provide additional enhancements. AWPAA explains that it is “a
New York not-for-profit corporation organized on Oct. 14, 2015 to provide an extraordinary Division I athletic experience at the United States Military Academy (‘USMA’). This intercollegiate athletic program supports the USMA mis-
sion to build leaders of character committed to the values of Duty, Honor, Country.” “What we are doing is demolishing the East Stands; it’s cur-
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Regional medical professionals honored in the 2022 Doctors with Distinction Awards BY JUSTIN MCGOWN jmcgown@westfairinc.com
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edical professionals with diverse backgrounds and specialties from throughout Westchester and Fairfield County were recognized for their achievements on Sept. 22 at Westfair Communications’ 2022
Doctors of Distinction event. Presented by the publisher of the Westchester and Fairfield County Business Journals, the ninth annual event was held at The Stamford Hotel in downtown Stamford. Anne Jordan Duffy, Westfair Communications’ associate publisher, served as master of ceremonies, introducing each hon-
oree and enumerating their contributions to the health and safety of their communities. Serving as judges for the event were Gary Sastow, a partner at the Danzinger & Markhoff LLP law firm who has focused primarily on representing healthcare professionals in his more than three decades
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