Wright State University lost $1.7 million on debate, spent $2.6 million upgrading arena
A final financial tally indicates Wright State University lost a little more than $1.7 million on the 2016 presidential debate it didn’t end up hosting.
The final finances for the debate, released this week, also show the university spent more than $2.6 million on upgrading the main campus’ and Nutter Center’s internet infrastructure and repairing the arena’s heating and cooling system and smoke detection system, according to an analysis from the university.
Spokesman Seth Bauguess said the university planned to make the upgrades to the Nutter Center over the next few years anyway.
Wright State announced in July that it would pull out of hosting the first 2016 presidential debate. In August, Bauguess told this news organization the university had spent around $2.5 million on debate prep but that officials were still crunching numbers to determine a final cost.
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