| Price Center | |
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| UCSD | |
Price Center West exterior |
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| Location | San Diego, California |
| Erected | 1993 |
| Renovations | 2003, 2008 |
| Special features | Movie theater |
| website | http://universitycenters.ucsd.edu/new2/ |
The Price Center is a student center located in the center of UCSD's campus, just south of Geisel Library. The Price Center offers a variety of services, places, and spaces geared to the needs of students including fast food restaurants, the central bookstore, movie theater, and various student organizations.
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The Price Center opened in 1993 as a replacement to the smaller Student Center (which remained open).
In the spring of 2003, a Student Referendum was passed to expand the Price Center to nearly double the original size for the start of the 2008 academic year. The students agreed to increase their student fees by $39 per quarter to pay for the expansion, which cost about $64 million.[1] The student fee gathered roughly $46 million dollars for the expansion, with the remainder coming from various campus accounts.
The University celebrated the opening of the Price Center East on May 18, 2008.[2] In 2009, the expansion won an architectural award from the American Institute of Architects.[3]
The new expansion includes:
Still incomplete:
The following is a list of stores and services once provided by the Price Center, and their replacements.
| Store | Until | Description | Replaced By |
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| Tia Molly's | 2001 | Mexican Food | Rubio's Fresh Mexican Grill |
| Woks Up | 2003 | Asian Cuisine | Panda Express |
| Star Wraps | 2004 | Sandwiches and Wraps | Tacone Wraps |
| Wendy's | 2007 | Burgers | Burger King |
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