Libla Family Sports Complex opens Saturday

Visitors mingle inside the front lobby of the Libla Family Sport Complex Saturday. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Three Rivers College President Dr. Wes Payne talks about the long process to getting the Libla Family Sport Complex completed. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Three Rivers College President Dr. Wes Payne thanks visitors, college staff, coaches and donors during Saturday's opening ceremony for the Libla Family Sport Complex. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Darren Garrison, chairman of the Three Rivers Board of Trustees, addresses the crowd. (DAR/Paul Davis )

District 25 Sen. Doug Libla speaks during Saturday's ceremony. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Rodney Moore from the Bank of Grandin speaks on behalf of the Kitterman family. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Allen Brooks speaks on behalf of the Three Rivers Endowment Trust. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Keith Holloway, chairman of the Three Rivers Endowment Trust, speaks about the new facility. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Three Rivers College men's basketball coach Gene Bess offers up a smile as he talks about all the work which went into the construction of the new Libla Family Sport Complex. (DAR/Paul Davis )

Coach Gene Bess, Sen. Doug Libla, Dr. Wes Payne and a host of board members, trustees, family and friends cut a ribbon Saturday afternoon for the long-awaited Libla Family Sport Complex on the campus of Three Rivers College. (DAR/Paul Davis )