February 4, 2021 : By Jacob Couch - Office of Communications & Public Engagement Wednesday night was the Vines Center’s first event since March, 2020. After 11 months of being closed for construction on a new roof, Liberty University’s Vines Center reopened on Wednesday night for the first Campus Community of the semester. The last event to take place in the building was March 8, 2020, when Liberty’s men’s basketball team defeated Lipscomb in the ASUN Conference Championship. The new roof replaces the iconic silver geodesic dome, built in 1990, that had exceeded its life expectancy and was in danger of leaking. The new flatter, standing seam metal roof is 30 feet lower than the previous overall height, so the building now complements the architecture of the new adjacent Liberty Arena and other campus structures. Deconstruction on the old dome began in April and work continued throughout the summer and fall.