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=Old Dominion University Village=

The Old Dominion University Village project came to life in 1999, when ground was broken for the Ted Constant Convocation Center. toc
 * The University Village** is Old Dominion University’s campus-based district for university lifestyles. The 75-acre site is touted as a “mixed-use development initiative”, and contains restaurants, residential apartments, recreation, research facilities, and retail. The Village also contains a SpringHill Suites at Marriott Hotel, the @ODU Bookstore, two parking decks, an art gallery, a campus police station, the university theater, and the Ted Constant Convocation Center, which hosts many ODU sporting events, concerts, conventions, and graduation commencements. Located due east of Old Dominion University’s main campus, the University Village functions as a center for student engagement year-round.

Dining
The Village offers a variety of indoor and outdoor dining locations, from fast food and cafes to sit-down restaurants.

Boardwalk Fresh Burgers & Fries
Boardwalk Fresh Burgers and Fries provides fresh burgers and fries that are never frozen. Diners can choose one of the three signature burgers or customize their own burger creation with unlimited free toppings. The world-famous Boardwalk Fries are hand cut every day and are cooked in a traditional secret recipe in 100% peanut oil, which has zero trans fat. Other menu items include healthy options like whole wheat buns, black bean chipotle veggie burgers, chicken sandwiches and salads.

Borjo Coffeehouse
Local independent coffeehouse featuring locally roasted coffees, juice bar, daily on-site baking, wraps and salads, free wireless, and local art and entertainment. Now offering a selection of premium wine and beer.

La Herradura Mexican Restaurant
Fresh Mexican fare for lunch and dinner.

Mojo Bones BBQ
Mojo Bones offers BBQ in all its best formats: pulled pork, fall off the bone pork ribs, BBQ chicken, and hickory-smoked beef. Can't decide which version to get? Try a sampler in your choice of BBQ combinations. Of course, the perfect homemade side dishes are available; cowboy beans, cole slaw, Cajun fries, slow collards and famous cornbread.

Monarch Sports Grille
A sports themed restaurant with continental fare, featuring 20+ big screen tv's and outdoor patio.

Norfolk Ice Cream Company
Norfolk Ice Cream Company is an independently-owned and operated ice cream parlor that will serve 24 flavors of hand-dipped premium ice cream, non-fat frozen yogurt, shakes, malts, sundaes, specialty ice cream products, custom-order ice cream cakes, Philadelphia-style soft pretzels, bulk candies, homemade limeade and other beverages.

Perfectly Frank
Perfectly Frank Restaurant is a quick service casual dine in/take-out with a menu featuring hot dogs, hamburgers, sausages, sandwiches, fries, desserts and drinks.

Raising Cane’s
Raising Cane's concept is simple and unique; they only have one love: quality chicken finger meals! At Raising Cane's, you get an exceptionally high quality product served quickly and conveniently.

Sakura Sushi Bar
Sakura Sushi Bar serves lunch and dinner including sushi, bento boxes and Japanese favorites such as beef and chicken teriyaki.

Starbucks Coffee
Monarch Dining is proud to offer Starbucks in The University Village. Whether it's whole bean coffee, a Frappuccino beverage, double latte, or your own creation, you're sure to get Starbucks superior quality. They also offer pastries and desserts to compliment your specialty drink.

Tropical Smoothie Cafe
Tropical Smoothie Cafe is more than just great smoothies. Their gourmet wraps, specialty sandwiches and salads are made with only the highest quality ingredients.

Zero’s Subs
Zero's Subs serves fresh, hot ovenbaked subs, wraps, salads, wings, fries and more.

Provisions on Demand Market
The Provisions on Demand Market (known as The P.O.D.) is a student mini-mart that offers groceries and amenities, as well as freshly made deli food. P.O.D. Market. Provisions On Demand reinvents the campus store experience by blending the features of a "corner store", quick convenience with modern market style and service. P.O.D. offers a variety of fresh food and produce, delicious prepared meals and everyday essentials that deliver quality, selection and value.

Margo’s Dolls, Greek & Embroidery
Margo's Dolls, Greek & Embroidery specializes in general embroidery, logo digitizing, team wear, custom t-shirts, college Greek novelty items and Greek Letter Shirts.

Hair Cuttery
Hair Cuttery is a full-service, value-priced salon offering a full complement of cuts and styling, coloring, waxing and texturizing services with no appointment necessary, as well as a full line of professional hair care products.

ODU Bookstore
The University Village Bookstore at Old Dominion University offers text books, supplies and emblematic gifts and clothing. In addition the store carries more than 20,000 general reading book titles and study guides. Open 7 days a week.

Fitness
The University Village contains a gym for students and faculty which offers exercise machines, weights, and instructional classes.

Housing
Housing in the University Village consists of several apartment buildings and a SpringHill Suites at Marriott Hotel.

SpringHill Suites at Marriott Hotel
Located in the heart of campus at Old Dominion University and adjacent to the Ted Constant Convocation Center, home of the ODU Monarchs, in Norfolk, VA, the SpringHill Suites is centered between Downtown Norfolk and the Norfolk Naval Base, and conveniently located within fifteen minutes of the Norfolk International Airport (ORF). Shopping, Dining, Virginia Beach, Norfolk State University, and so much more is all within minutes of the hotel. Each SpringHill guest room suite is innovatively laid out, stylishly furnished and smartly designed to give business, government and leisure travelers the flexibility needed to work efficiently and relax comfortably. Each suite is substantially larger than a traditional hotel guest room. Plus the hotel offers complimentary breakfast and high-speed Internet access, and their signature restaurant the Monarchs Sports Grille. SpringHill Suites offers rooms featuring a pantry area with a mini refrigerator, single cup coffeemaker, sink, and microwave. Each room is equipped with a large well-lit desk, voice mail, and complimentary high-speed internet access. In addition, each room features a 32" flatscreen television, ironing board, hairdryer, and individual climate control. A majority of their suites offers a pull out sofa bed.

ODU Village Apartments
The village apartments are divided into ten buildings: Chesapeake House, Hampton House, Newport News House, Norfolk House, Poquoson House, Portsmouth House, Smithfield House, Suffolk House, Virginia Beach House, and Williamsburg House. The village apartments offer four unique floor plans, accommodating one, two, and four-bedroom layouts with one and two bathrooms.

Ted Constant Convocation Center
The dream of developing a University village became a reality on June 19, 1999 when Old Dominion University broke ground for the first time for the new Ted Constant Convocation Center. Virginia Beach resident, Theodore F. Constant, founder of the Norfolk Beverage Co., made a $5 million donation to the university to support their new venture. After announcing Constant’s gift, President James V. Koch proposed that the Board of Visitors name the village’s center the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The Constant Center is the cornerstone in the University Village project. Designed by the architectural team Moseley/Rosetti, one of the leading sports facility designers in the nation and a leading multidiscipline firm, the center is approximately 215,000 square feet. It features 7,319 fixed seats in the lower bowl, 862 upper club/priority seats and sixteen luxury box suites. Additional seating on the arena floor can take the capacity to 10,000 for such events as commencement. The Constant Center has recently been equipped with more than 50 high-definition flat screen televisions, premiere interactive suite controls, state-of-the-art sound and lighting, impressive meeting room technology, and substantial back of house amenities. The construction of the facility was financed entirely by student fees, corporate partnerships and private funds. The center opened on October 25, 2002 and is the home of the Monarchs and Lady Monarchs Basketball programs. The Ted Constant Convocation Center is managed by Global Spectrum (global-spectrum.com), which is the fastest growing firm in the public assembly facility management field with more than 100 facilities throughout the United States and Canada. The Philadelphia-based company is part of one of the world’s largest sports and entertainment companies, Comcast-Spectacor, which also owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League, the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, Flyers Skate Zone, a series of community ice skating rinks, Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia, a regional sports programming network, Ovations Food Services, a food and beverage services provider, New Era Tickets, a full-service ticketing and marketing product for public assembly facilities, Front Row Marketing Services, a commercial rights sales company 3601 Creative Group, a full-service in-house advertising agency and Paciolan, the leading provider of venue establishment ticketing, fundraising and marketing technology solutions. In a partnership with Disson Skating, Comcast-Spectacor annually produces 10 nationally televised figure skating spectaculars on NBC.

Old Dominion University Theater
Home to ODU's theatre program, which offers through the Department of Communication and Theatre Arts a B.F.A. in Acting, a B.A. in Theatre Arts,  with an emphasis in Digital Filmmaking, Theatre Education, Performance, and Design Technology. The Program offers a full range of courses in performance, design technology, digital filmmaking, history/theory, and production. The resident faculty is augmented by nationally recognized guest artists and the P.O.R.T program linking our students with the Virginia Stage Company (LORT D) a professional regional theatre, adding further expertise in specific styles and craft areas, as well as providing students with contacts in the world of professional theatre and entertainment. The Program is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Theatre (NAST) and Virginia teacher certification is available through the theatre education emphasis.

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