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Dome’s new lights signal completion is close
The marquee lights were turned on Wednesday night at Hennessey’s two-story Eagle Event Center (more commonly called “The Dome”) but it will be about 60 days before it’s move-in ready. The school’s April 25 prom is scheduled to be the first event and there’s plenty of room in the two-story, 33,000 square-foot dome-shaped structure. Hennessey United board members took a tour of the $8.4 million facility (top right). The gym floors are ready to be walked on this week (bottom right) but not ready to be tested by players yet. That’s a 32-foot-wide screen under that black drape that will show live court action. It’s at the south end, and there will be a 10-foot-wide screen at the north end and six smaller screens in the lobby and concessions area. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photos by Barb Walter]