VIRGINIA BEACH, VA — Regent University officially broke ground Friday on a new $50 million Athletic & Fitness Center, a project school leaders say has been nearly 50 years in the making.

Chancellor Gordon Robertson, son of Regent's founder, the late Dr. Pat Robertson, was among several speakers at the ceremony held on the site where the multi-sport facility will rise over the next 18 months.

"What God has done is nothing short of a miracle," Robertson told CBN News. "Every single building you see on campus was built when the accountant said, you don't have the money. You can't do this. But God always provided."

The Chancellor shared a personal memory that dates to the 1970s, when his father first brought him to what was then undeveloped land.

"I remember looking around saying, 'Dad, th

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