The Union Drive Community Center will offer students a dining facility unlike anything Iowa State has seen.

The UDCC is currently being constructed where North Helser Hall once stood and will replace the two Friley dining service facilities. The Union Drive Marketplace will be located on the first level of UDCC and is scheduled to open at the beginning of fall semester 2003.

The Union Drive Marketplace will serve an estimated 600 students for breakfast, 2,300 students for lunch and 2,000 students for dinner, said Ryan Osterberger, food services manager of Friley.

Along with the Marketplace, Clyde’s Sports Club will be able to hold up to 113 students when the patio seating is open, Osterberger said.

Clyde’s is named after Clyde Williams Field, ISU’s former football practice field south of State Gym. Clyde’s will offer appetizers, sandwiches and entrees for lunch and dinner.

Clyde’s will be comparable to Okoboji Grill without the alcohol, said Kate Bruns, communication specialist for the Department of Residence.

With Clyde’s and the Marketplace, the “options will be humongous,” Osterberger said.

The facility is 59,000 square feet and will feature three levels of services and community space, Bruns said. The main entrance floor will house the Marketplace, the main dining area and meeting rooms.

The Pantry C-Store, Clyde’s Sports Club and the central Union Drive post office will be located on the ground level.

The C-store will have a deli where students can get made-to-order sandwiches and there will also be private dining areas in the community center, she said.

Also located in the UDCC will be a copy center and a fitness facility. Students will be able to pay for copy center services with their ISUCard, cash or departmental charges, Bruns said.

With the opening of UDCC in Fall 2003, Friley Hall’s dining centers will be closed. The student staff will be hired directly over from Friley to UDCC, Osterberger said.

There will be 180 student workers in the UDCC, he said.

With the different ways food will be cooked and served, the Cook 1 positions will be transferred from Friley to the Marketplace. If there are any openings for Cook 1 positions, they will be advertised campuswide, Osterberger said. They will try to fill all positions internally through the campus, then externally if need be, he said.

Merit staff will increase by 27.7 percent, Osterberger said. Merit staff includes non-student workers, who are full-time staff, he said.

The other workers at Friley will be able to work in UDCC, Osterberger said, but they may not transfer directly.

The dining facility will be similar to Redeker Center at the University of Northern Iowa, Osterberger said. However, the Marketplace will be open extended hours, unlike Redeker, in order to help with the amount of students they are estimating will be served, he said.

Osterberger said the Marketplace will operate unlike any dining facility on campus. Different food vendors will be located throughout the Marketplace, offering students an alternative to the serving line style of other dining services.

“[There will be] so much variety served every day,” Osterberger said.