How will the massive renovation impact Florida football and its fan experience?
The renovation aims to modernize The Swamp, potentially setting a new standard for college football stadiums.
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University of Florida intends to move forward with $1.45 billion stadium renovation plans
Gators AD Scott Stricklin Details $1.45 Billion Renovation to the Swamp
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What fans said
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$1.5B for renovation on Ben Hill is insane. That's more than Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Jags/Chiefs/Bucs renovation. My theory is they're laundering money for NIL that is a tax write off for millionaires to UF alumni who will use some of that...
Half a billion in “deferred maintenance” and a billion dollars to add x3 time the amount of luxury boxes to the top of the Swamp is a joke. The luxury box additions necessitates reinforcing the foundational structure (leads to improving the...
There's not a lot there. Stricklin presented an update on the plan to the Board of Trustees, and it had a $1.4 billion price tag. The article compared that to other stadium renovations, nothing was more than half the price, but they didn't talk...
The cost of building the skyboxes on the East stands is going to be very high, because of the fit between the existing stadium and Florida Gym (also the ground is lower on that side of the stadium. I believe they are essentially gutting Yon Hall...
Some of this was already known, but there’s a lot of info on the site and in the FAQs. Construction is set to start after the 2026 season ends and finish by the 2030 season, with the stadium still in use during the seasons while construction is...
So updating the seats, vending, and entrances costs $1.4b on a stadium I read cost $2.2b to build...? Like inflation is def a thing, but is the project plan and itemized cost estimate available somewhere? Or is that something that can be FOIA'd?
Any Gator that went to a lot of games there - about six seasons worth for me, knows how iconic that stadium is. Seems like an insane amount of money but I'm not sure why us normal fans would really care. If our team gets to be good again and the...
I think they got this one right. Admin wants luxury club seats and boxes to generate revenue. Fans wanted to keep capacity although it looks like we may lose about a thousand general seats with all the renovations. It’s a huge project and to be...