Post by pavel on Jan 28, 2016 4:50:39 GMT -6
A University of Arkansas System committee gave the Fayetteville campus an initial green light for adding more premium seating at Donald W. Reynolds Razorback Stadium.
UA-Fayetteville will begin soliciting donations to expand the north end zone and add some 3,200 seats, said Jeff Long, the school’s athletic director. UA has estimated that the upgrades and expansion will cost $160 million, and now the university has the green light to get more detailed design and cost projections.
The university received unanimous approval from the system’s board Wednesday, with trustee and former U.S. Sen. David Pryor of Little Rock abstaining from the vote. Pryor said he had questions about the project and wanted to ensure that trustees were being good stewards of taxpayer money.
“This is the beginning of a public discussion,” Pryor said. “A bond issue is a debt of the University of Arkansas. It is a debt of the people of Arkansas, and ultimately, if something goes wrong, who’s responsible? And that’s the people. That’s why we’re trustees — to examine these issues and to examine the transparency, to examine them with everything that we can, to show due diligence. I hope that we show equal due diligence that you have shown in bringing this issue to our attention today.”
Read more: ansasonline.com/news/2016/jan/28/trustees-give-initial-ok-add-hogs-stadium/
UA-Fayetteville will begin soliciting donations to expand the north end zone and add some 3,200 seats, said Jeff Long, the school’s athletic director. UA has estimated that the upgrades and expansion will cost $160 million, and now the university has the green light to get more detailed design and cost projections.
The university received unanimous approval from the system’s board Wednesday, with trustee and former U.S. Sen. David Pryor of Little Rock abstaining from the vote. Pryor said he had questions about the project and wanted to ensure that trustees were being good stewards of taxpayer money.
“This is the beginning of a public discussion,” Pryor said. “A bond issue is a debt of the University of Arkansas. It is a debt of the people of Arkansas, and ultimately, if something goes wrong, who’s responsible? And that’s the people. That’s why we’re trustees — to examine these issues and to examine the transparency, to examine them with everything that we can, to show due diligence. I hope that we show equal due diligence that you have shown in bringing this issue to our attention today.”
Read more: ansasonline.com/news/2016/jan/28/trustees-give-initial-ok-add-hogs-stadium/