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KU reveals details about planned football stadium renovations (www2.kusports.com)

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KU has raised $125 million for its renovation of David Booth Kansas Memorial Stadium in the last 10 months, and university leaders said on Tuesday they fully expect to hold a ribbon cutting for the “transformational” project in 2025.

At a kickoff event that attracted several hundred alumni, community leaders and Gov. Laura Kelly, KU officials revealed a few more details about the more than $300 million renovation.

One detail: The stadium is going to get smaller in terms of the number of people it can hold, likely having a capacity in the lower 40,000 range compared to seating for 47,000 people today.

Also in the article are renderings for the stadium renovation.

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[–] Manibusan@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Interesting that the stadium will have a reduced capacity. But the article does state that it is expandable if fan need demands it. The renderings look good but I’ll admit I did not take the time to look up what KU‘s current stadium looks like for comparison.

[–] AstroKnight@fanaticus.social 2 points 2 years ago

That seems to be the trend lately. Attendance is down across the board for sports events so stadiums replace bleachers with more expensive and higher quality seating so the overall capacity is lower but they get just as much or more in ticket revenue.