They built The Barn in response to the Great Wake Forest Pledge Night Massacre at the Millennium Center in 2010, when the fratties were severely "overserved". Six people were taken to the emergency room (tying up half of the ambulances in Forsyth County), and the county EMS director declared a public emergency and instructed police to close the event.
One of the theories behind building an on-campus party venue is that maybe students won't "pre-drink" to excess before they even get to the party, which is apparently what happened in 2010.
http://www.wfu.edu/vibrantcampus/report.php
http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=14046
Everyone at WF is pleased as punch that they only had one person hauled to the hospital in an ambulance during the Pledge Night party this year, and that "incidents of vandalism" were down. (You really can't make this stuff up.)
http://oldgoldandblack.com/?p=27550
Wasn't it the basketball program that had a culture problem?