Sacramento State will be a flagship campus for the California State Universities and a destination campus for the west in six years if President Alexander Gonzalez has his way.

In the midst of rising student fees, reduced services and enrollment caps, Gonzalez unveiled his vision, “Destination 2010,” of a new Sac State in a 22-minute address to over 200 people and local media on Thursday in the University Ballroom.

The centerpiece of the master plan is a new arena, which would host graduation ceremonies, concerts and sporting events. A gymnasium and new Student Health Center is planned to be housed there as would a performing arts center.

“If you have students staying here on campus they will be proud and want to be a part of campus life,” said Associated Students, Inc. President Peter Ucovich.

Under the new plan, 5,000 students would be able to live on campus in new dormitories.

“We’ll get rid of those old residence halls one at a time,” Gonzalez said. “Hopefully one a year and replace each one with a taller apartment building.”

Gonzalez said that the master plan would be in conjunction with the emerging “college town” project on 65th street. The plan calls for the demolition of Brighton, Alpine and Douglass Halls, which would be replaced with a University Park and classroom buildings as high as eight stories.

A new parking structure, which would be the largest in the CSU system, accommodating some 3,200 spaces is scheduled to be built soon.

Hornet Stadium is also planned to be made over with concrete instead of the current scaffolding.

Gonzalez showed a five-minute video detailing the master plan for Sac State during his speech.

“There’s also a new space science center in the works and a building to house our MBA program — both needing major donor funding,” Gonzalez said.

The master plan for Sac State does not have a price tag yet. The money needed to pay for the project would come from state bonds and private donations.

“We don’t know how much it’s going to cost,” Gonzalez said. “We’re waiting for the Board of Trustees to approve it. Once we get that then we’ll know how much,”

The CSU Board of Trustees is scheduled to vote on the matter next week.

Senior English major Conor Mason liked the new plan but was apprehensive about the cost.

“If they’re willing to do it to bring about positive change, that’s great, as long as it doesn’t harm the students with higher fees,” Mason said.

Junior Social Science major Josh Stewart shared the same view.

“I think it’s a good idea as long as it’s not taxing to the students,” Stewart said.

The university is curently on a nationwide candidate search to fill the position of vice president of advancement. That office would be in charge of fundraising for Sac State.

“Once we decide on a V.P. for advancement that’s where it’s really going to take off,” Gonzalez said.

Gonzalez also said that the proposed Placer County extension will not be affected by the master plan and is still in the planning stages.

Ucovich said that the new master plan would ignite the student body and bring pride to the campus.

“The more active (the students) are the better off we’ll be,” Ucovich said. “We can be our best friend or our worst enemy.”

Some members of the faculty, like art professor Phil Goldstene, are optimistic about the future.

“I have no doubt that it will all fall into place,” he said. “With his leadership and the young and new faculty that are energetic I think all of the parts are there.”