Temple University wants to construct a 35,000 seat
football stadium at a cost of $100 million on a corner of its North Philly
campus.
The proposed stadium, which already has received several
"seven-figure commitments for funding," will be part of the agenda at
a December meeting of the Board of Trustees, according to a Philly.com report.
The potential
stadium area is the site of Geasey Field, where the field hockey and women's
lacrosse teams play. Those teams are slated to move to a new facility
regardless of whether a football stadium is approved.
The football team, which now has a 7-0 record after
defeating East Carolina University Thursday night, would not be the only reason
for the stadium to bring in crowds, Temple's Board Chairman Patrick O'Connor
told Philly.com.
"We want
it for community events such as high school sporting events, along with
concerts and academic purposes," he said.
The school does not want to use tuition dollars to fund
the construction, according to the report, and has already received interest
from several donors.
Source: Philadelphia
Business Journal
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