Renderings of new Watkins Glen media center

Interview Room

On the heels of an exciting Rolex 24 at Daytona and notwithstanding the cold temperatures and the typical snow accumulation affiliated with the Northeast in January, the construction of the new media center at Watkins Glen International is in high gear and on schedule for completion for the Grand-Am Rolex Sports Car Series weekend, The Sahlen’s Six Hours of The Glen, June 6-8.

Floor Plan

The new 17,600-square foot building consists of a dedicated workroom that can host over 180 members of the media on a deadline, a dedicated photographer’s workroom, a press conference/large meeting room, radio station and sanctioning body workrooms and a lounge/cafeteria. The two-story building is set back approximately 125 feet to the east of the previous press tower which was demolished this past December. Both the first and second floors of the new building are already in place and the construction of the peaked roof began earlier this week.

Help celebrate the 60th Anniversary of racing in The Glen by purchasing your tickets for the 2008 season now! Tickets can be purchased at The Shop, located at 2 North Franklin Street in downtown Watkins Glen. Gift Certificates worth cash value toward any ticket at Watkins Glen International can be purchased at the Information Center of Corning located in Centerway Square on Historic Market Street.