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Press Release August 13th

NEWPORT NEWS, Va. - Commissioner Bernadette V. McGlade (photo) announced the Atlantic 10 Conference office will relocate from Philadelphia to Newport News, Va. The announcement was made at a press conference from the Rotunda of the Newport News Marriott at City Center.

The relocation process will be completed later this fall.

"Moving the office to a new region of the Atlantic 10 footprint is an opportunity to further brand the A-10. Newport News is a vibrant, growing city and Hampton Roads serves as an educational, business, cultural, and leisure hub of the Mid-Atlantic region," stated Commissioner McGlade. "The staff and I are looking forward to the relocation and becoming immersed in the community. Occupying new, built-to-suit offices will enhance our working environment to serve our membership."

"We are thrilled to welcome the Atlantic 10 into the Newport News family," says Newport News Mayor Joe S. Frank. "This community will embrace the league, its staff, coaches, athletic directors, university presidents and student-athletes. The quality of life, dynamic business community and generous citizen support in Newport News will make our city the perfect home for the Atlantic 10."

The conference office has been located in Philadelphia since 1995, when it moved from Cranbury, N.J. Prior to Cranbury, the offices were headquartered in Woodbridge, N.J., Rutherford, N.J., Pittsburgh, Pa., and Morgantown, W. Va.

via www.atlantic10.com

NOTE FROM BILL: Commissioner McGlade is a former resident of Gloucester City NJ., and a graduate of Gloucester Catholic High School