Details of event unclear
Gov. Nikki Haley will visit USC’s Horseshoe Friday morning for a “significant” economic development announcement, according to USC officials.
Details of the event — scheduled to begin at 9:30 — are unclear. USC officials provided scant information, and a Secretary of Commerce spokeswoman said the agency wasn’t prepared to release any information yet.
“We’ll release more when the company is ready,” said spokeswoman Amy Love.
All indications show a company will announce a commercial venture that will impact Columbia, but the significance of the impact is unclear.
“The deal wouldn’t be promulgated except for the relationship the company has with the university,” President Harris Pastides said. “But that’s all I’m really willing to say.”
Some on Twitter had a few humorous guesses. One user said “maybe the governor is going to reopen Rutledge Chapel as a McDonald’s.”
And this, from a local sportswriter: “$10M bionic knee for Latti?”