The U Experience postpones Tanglewood "bubble" college campus
The "bubble" college campus that reportedly previously had its eye on Texoma may not be coming to the region for the spring semester after all. Representatives for The U Experience said this week that the project has been postponed and will not be moving forward at this time.
The U Experience was expect to open at Tanglewood Resort in Pottsboro on Jan. 28 as a campus for students who were studying remotely from various universities due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The campus promised to give students the "college experience" without social distancing in a safe, enclosed environment.
"The project has been postponed," spokesperson Steve Honig said Wednesday. "It became apparent that the company was not going to be able to do this in the way they wanted and make it as great as they know it could be. So, rather than do anything less than perfect, they decided to postpone it."
Honig said there were no other details about when or if the project would move forward at this time.
The company was created by Princeton alumni Chris Cook, Lane Russell and Adam Bragg as a response to many colleges going remote for lessons and lectures in 2020 and early 2021.
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(Sherman Herald Democrat)