ESPN gives $1 million to Boys & Girls Club

BRISTOL, Conn. (AP) — ESPN says it is donating another $1 million to help build a new Boys & Girls Club and Family Center in Bristol.

The Bristol-based sports broadcasting giant had already given $400,000 in 2009 to help the Boys & Girls Club buy the land for the building.

Plans for the 38,000-square foot facility include a teen center, and arts and crafts center and 14,000-square foot field house for athletics.

It will replace the organization's 85-year-old center in Bristol.

ESPN Executive Chairman George Bodenheimer is a Boys & Girls club alumnus. He says the donation is an investment in the future of both children and ESPN's home community.