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Papa John’s will start serving personal-size pizzas, breadsticks and wings in the Atrium by mid-September.
Jon Lewis, director of Dining Services, said once the university was able to send out a purchase order in early August, the process to get the Papa John’s up and running would take about 30 to 35 days.
The pizza place, owned by Ball State alumnus John Schnatter, was originally anticipated to open Aug. 18. Lewis said the pushed back date is not uncommon.
Papa John’s will take the spot of Sbarro, which closed in mid-May. On May 13, the university’s contract ended with Sbarro after 13 years on campus.
“[Dining Services] thought it was time for a change,” Jon Lewis, director of Dining Services, told the Daily News in May. “We felt like students were asking for a change.”
Some students tweeted about the announcement, saying it was an upgrade from Sbarro.
“Ball State upgraded from Sbarro to Papa John’s in the Atrium. We’re all winners today,” Josiah Shindler, @J_Shindler, tweeted.
Others, like Trisha Givens, were excited but wished the change had happened earlier.
“Darn it Ball State. Why couldn’t you have gotten Papa Johns on campus when I was still had a dining plan? #bitter,” Givens, @trishagivens, tweeted.
Lewis told the Daily News in May that they hoped to have a partnership with a pizza replacement for Sbarro by August and to have the new shop running by Fall Semester.
To make up for Sbarro’s closure during the summer, Boar’s Head Deli offers personal-sized flatbread pizzas and pasta entrees.
To see a breakdown of the contract between Papa John's and the university, click here.
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